CVE-2008-5725 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by sending malicious IOCTL requests to the PowerStrip kernel driver, allowing arbitrary memory overwrites.
- 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-2008-5725?
CVE-2008-5725 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NT kernel-mode driver (aka pstrip.sys) 5.0.1.1 and earlier in EnTech Taiwan PowerStrip 3.84 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via certain IRP parameters in an IOCTL request to \Device\Powerstrip1 that overwrites portions of memory.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5725?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Entechtaiwan Powerstrip.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5725?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-5725 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5725 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rg67-pc27-xqp8.