CVE-2003-1233 describes a critical vulnerability in Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier, allowing privileged attackers to bypass Windows kernel file access restrictions. This is achieved by creating symbolic links to \Device\PhysicalMemory or drive letters via the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this flaw presents a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pedestalsoftware:integrity_protection_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.