CVE-2005-4151

Exp

The Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space in the last cluster for the file, which allows local users to access the previous contents of the disk.

Published: 2005-12-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4151 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4151

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4151

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2024-12-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.10% 0.04% -1.06%
3 2022-02-04 1.10%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4151

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4151

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4151

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgp desktop <= 9.0.3_build_2932 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:*:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:8.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4151

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