CVE-2008-0777

UNKNOWN

The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5

Published Feb 15, 2008

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

ADVISORY

http://secunia.com/advisories/28928

ADVISORY

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc

WEB

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416

WEB

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0777

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

4.9/AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 15, 2008

ModifiedSep 16, 2024