Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2008-5736
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 6.0, 6.3, 6.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8124 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- osvdb.org/50936 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33209 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5736?
- CVE-2008-5736 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD, classified under CWE-264. Published 2008-12-26.
- Is CVE-2008-5736 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.