What is CVE-2015-5677?

CVE-2015-5677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2015-5677?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Freebsd

CVE-2015-5677

bsnmpd, as used in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2, uses world-readable permissions on the snmpd.config file, which allows local users to obtain the secret key for USM authentication by reading the file.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 9.3, 10.1, 10.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5677?: CVE-2015-5677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2015-5677?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.