CVE-2008-5049 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the AKEProtect.sys driver (version 3.3.3.0) within ISecSoft Anti-Keylogger Elite 3.3.0 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation by providing excessively long inputs to specific IOCTLs. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isecsoft:anti-keylogger_elite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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