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CVE-2008-0777

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-02-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• FreeBSD: 5.5, 6.2, 6.3, 7.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28928
• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28928
• http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27789

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