CVE-2003-1233: Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Pedestalsoftware Integrity Protection Driver: up to and including 1.3

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.