CVE-2003-1233

Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers,...

9.8 Critical

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.63%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2003-1233
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2003-1233
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2003-1223 No score

Record: EUVD-2003-1223
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qf6r-hr4r-92vr 9.8

Pedestal Software Integrity Protection Driver (IPD) 1.3 and earlier allows privileged attackers,...

Record: GHSA-qf6r-hr4r-92vr
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

pedestalsoftware integrity protection driver

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2003-1233 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver, published December 31, 2003. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.63%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.