CVE-2003-1233
Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers, such as rootkits, to bypass file access restrictions to the Windows kernel by using the NtCreateSymbolicLinkObject function to create a symbolic link to (1) \Device\PhysicalMemory or (2) to a drive letter using the subst command.
Published:Dec 31, 2003
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Oct 28, 2005
EPSS Score:0.0015
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Pedestalsoftware
Product
Integrity Protection Driver
Pedestalsoftware
Integrity Protection Driver
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
