CVE-2008-2235

N/A

Published: August 1, 2008 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenSC· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

OpenSC before 0.11.5 uses weak permissions (ADMIN file control information of 00) for the 5015 directory on smart cards and USB crypto tokens running Siemens CardOS M4, which allows physically proximate attackers to change the PIN.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

OpenSC · Opensc Project

95%

0.11.0 0.11.1 0.11.2 0.11.3 0.11.3 pre3 0.11.4 0.3.2 0.3.5 0.4.0 0.6.0 0.6.1 0.7.0 0.8 0.8.0.0 0.8.1 0.9 0.9.6 0.9.7 0.9.7 b 0.9.7 d 0.9.8

siemens-cardos (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Cardos · Siemens

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (15)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html