CVE-2003-1233 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access restrictions to the Windows kernel by using the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create a symbolic link to (1) \Device\PhysicalMemory or (2) to a drive letter using the subst command.

Published: 2005-10-28

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pedestalsoftware:integrity_protection_driver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0015.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0017.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0018.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/7816
http://www.phrack.org/show.php?p=59&a=16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6511
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10979

History

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Subscriptions

Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:19:45.921Z

Reserved: 2005-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1233

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-1233

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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