CVE-2008-2235

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: none known
Published: 2008-08-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

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 products

Opensc-Project Opensc: 0.3.2, 0.3.5, 0.4.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0 (+15)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31330
http://secunia.com/advisories/31360
http://secunia.com/advisories/32099
http://secunia.com/advisories/33115
http://secunia.com/advisories/34362
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-09.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:183
http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-July/000020.html
http://www.opensc-project.org/security.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30473

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