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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)…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References4
- 20090413 [Suspected Spam][Positive Technologies SA 2009-01] PGP Desktop Pgpdisk.sys And Pgpwded.sys Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2009-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://pgp.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/pgp.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1014&p_topview=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1022034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0681 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0681)Record last updated .