CVE-2008-5725 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting EnTech Taiwan PowerStrip 3.84 and earlier. The flaw resides in the pstrip.sys kernel-mode driver, where specially crafted IOCTL requests can overwrite memory, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.84CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entechtaiwan:powerstrip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entechtaiwan:powerstrip:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entechtaiwan:powerstrip:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entechtaiwan:powerstrip:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:entechtaiwan:powerstrip:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.