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CVE-2008-5731

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5731 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the PGPwded.sys device driver within PGP Corporation PGP Desktop versions 9.0.6 and 9.9.0. A local attacker can trigger a system crash and potentially gain privileges by sending a crafted IOCTL request that overwrites memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being system 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 CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7556 · Dec 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 50914
secunia.com / advisories/33310
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4811
exploit-db.com / exploits/7556
evilfingers.com / advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php
evilfingers.com / advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/499572/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32991
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id