CVE-2008-1140 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published 4 Mar 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by sending a crafted IOCTL request to the DESlock+ disk driver.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-1140?

CVE-2008-1140 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

DLMFDISK.sys 1.2.0.27 in DESlock+ 3.2.6 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a certain DLKFDISK_IOCTL request to \\.\DLKFDisk_Control that overwrites a data structure associated with a mounted pseudo-filesystem, aka the "ring0 SYSTEM" vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1140?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Deslock Deslock.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1140?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1140 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1140 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xf78-gwmh-334w.