CVE-2008-6252

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

24/02/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the smc program in smcFanControl 2.1.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a long -k option.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:smcfancontrol:smcfancontrol:2.1.2:::::::*

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://blog.xwings.net/?p=127
http://osvdb.org/49796
http://secunia.com/advisories/32679
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3126
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46551
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7088
http://blog.xwings.net/?p=127
http://osvdb.org/49796
http://secunia.com/advisories/32679
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32252
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3126
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46551
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7088