CVE-2008-5731

no score yetEPSS 0.9%

The PGPwded device driver (aka PGPwded.sys) in PGP Corporation PGP Desktop 9.0.6 build 6060 and 9.9.0 build 397 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) and possibly gain privileges via a certain METHOD_BUFFERED IOCTL request that overwrites portions of memory, related to a "Driver Collapse." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-399
Published: 2008-12-26
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

pgp:desktop

References

http://osvdb.org/50914
http://secunia.com/advisories/33310
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4811
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service.php
http://www.evilfingers.com/advisory/PGPDesktop_9_0_6_Denial_Of_Service_POC.php

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