LOW
The Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space in the last cluster for the file, which allows local users to access the previous contents of the disk
Published Dec 10, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
The Wipe Free Space utility in PGP Desktop Home 8.0 and Desktop Professional 9.0.3 Build 2932 and earlier does not clear file slack space in the last cluster for the file, which allows local users to access the previous contents of the disk.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.45% 0.00452
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00452
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 36.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 35.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 24.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/0349.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/pgp_slackspace/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17827 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/21569 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419077/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419282/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419654/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15784 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/0349.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://metasploit.com/research/vulns/pgp_slackspace/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17827 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/21569 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419077/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419282/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419654/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15784 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 10, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 10, 2005
Link CVE-2005-4151
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a