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CVE-2008-0217

Date: January 15, 2008

The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39665
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0217
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-0217

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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