CVE-2008-0217
N/A
Published: January 16, 2008 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.ascVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39665Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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