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CVE-2006-0098

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The dupfdopen function in sys/kern/kern_descrip.c in OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8 allows local users to re-open arbitrary files by using setuid programs to access file descriptors using /dev/fd/.

Affected products

• OpenBSD: 3.7, 3.8

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18296
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#fd
• http://www.osvdb.org/22231
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18296
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437
• http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#fd
• http://www.osvdb.org/22231
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144

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