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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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