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CVE-2008-1140

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1140 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting DESlock+ versions 3.2.6 and earlier. A local attacker can exploit a flaw in the DLMFDISK.sys driver by sending a specially crafted DLKFDISK_IOCTL request, allowing them to overwrite a critical data structure and gain SYSTEM-level privileges. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The FAUCET Risk Score is 86/100, highlighting its significant potential impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:deslock:deslock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-5144 · Feb 18, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 3,235 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29005
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/5144
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0597