CVE-2008-0217 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 16 Jan 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can read terminal data from other users running the script command due to insecure pseudo-terminal permissions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0217?

CVE-2008-0217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 16 Jan 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0217?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0217?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-cw47-m83w-8xg4.