CVE-2008-5731

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

Pgp Desktop: 9.0.6, 9.9.0

References

http://osvdb.org/50914
http://secunia.com/advisories/33310
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499572/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32991
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021493
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7556
http://osvdb.org/50914
http://secunia.com/advisories/33310
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811

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