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CVE-2003-1246

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject in ntdll.dll in Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.2 and 1.3 allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on \winnt\system32\drivers using the subst command.

Affected products

• Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver: 1.2, 1.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0017.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0018.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10979.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6511
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0017.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0018.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10979.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6511

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