Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2008-0777
The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5.5 through 7.0 does not check the access flags of the file descriptor used for sending a file, which allows local users to read the contents of write-only files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 5.5, 6.2, 6.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/28928 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)