CVE-2008-0324

Cisco VPN Client 5.0.02.0090 - Denial of Service via IOCTL 0x80002038

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-0324. PoCs published by mu-b.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local kernel system pool corruption vulnerability in the Cisco VPN Client IPSec Driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request with a buffer size less than 8+31 bytes, leading to memory corruption via an inline memcpy operation.

Description

Cisco Systems VPN Client IPSec Driver (CVPNDRVA.sys) 5.0.02.0090 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by calling the 0x80002038 IOCTL with a small size value, which triggers memory corruption.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by mu-b · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4911

This exploit demonstrates a local kernel system pool corruption vulnerability in the Cisco VPN Client IPSec Driver by sending a malformed IOCTL request with a buffer size less than 8+31 bytes, leading to memory corruption via an inline memcpy operation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Cisco VPN Client IPSec Driver (CVPNDRVA.sys 5.0.02.0090)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Presence of vulnerable Cisco VPN Client IPSec Driver
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39694
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0170
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019240
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28472
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4911
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27289

Scores

EPSS 0.0117
EPSS Percentile 63.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/vpn_client 5.0.2.0090
Published Jan 17, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026