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CVE-2008-3972

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
11/09/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.11.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensc-project:opensc:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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