CVE-2008-0217

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28498
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39665
http://secunia.com/advisories/28498
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:01.pty.asc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27284
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019191
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39665

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