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CVE-2008-5731
The PGPwded device driver (aka PGPwded.sys) in PGP Corporation PGP Desktop 9.0.6 build 6060 and 9.9.0 build 397 allows local users to…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.90%
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- mitre
Description
The PGPwded device driver (aka PGPwded.sys) in PGP Corporation PGP Desktop 9.0.6 build 6060 and 9.9.0 build 397 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a certain METHOD_BUFFERED IOCTL request that overwrites portions of memory, related to a "Driver Collapse." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.90% · top 40% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 1021493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20081223 PGP Desktop 9.0.6 Denial Of Service - ZeroDay (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 33310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 7556 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 32991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 50914 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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