CVE-2008-0217

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
16/01/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*