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CVE-2003-1233

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2003-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References