CVE-2009-0681

PGP Desktop before 9.10 allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IOCTL request to pgpdisk.sys, and (2) cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted IRP in an IOCTL request to pgpwded.sys.

Published: 2009-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0681 is rated Low Risk (33/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0681

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 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
2 2025-03-29 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0681

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pgp desktop <= 9.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:*:-:home:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop <= 9.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:*:-:pro:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:8.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:8.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0.6:-:home:*:*:*:*:*
pgp desktop 9.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:pgp:desktop:9.0.6:-:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0681

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