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Vigil@nce: PGP Desktop, denial of service via PGPweded.sys
December 2008 by Vigil@nce
SYNTHESIS
A local attacker can use an IOCTL of the PGPweded.sys driver of
PGP Desktop in order to stop the system.
Gravity: 1/4
Consequences: denial of service of computer
Provenance: user shell
Means of attack: 1 attack
Ability of attacker: technician (2/4)
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5)
Diffusion of the vulnerable configuration: high (3/3)
Creation date: 30/12/2008
IMPACTED PRODUCTS
– PGP Desktop
DESCRIPTION
The PGPweded.sys driver is installed by PGP Desktop.
When the IOCTL 0x80022038 of this driver is used, an unhandled
exception occurs in the kernel.
A local attacker can therefore stop the kernel.
CHARACTERISTICS
Identifiers: CVE-2008-5731, VIGILANCE-VUL-8358
