CVE-2008-1845 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting a race condition in the Korn shell's terminal handling when invoked with specific options.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1845?
CVE-2008-1845 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a virtual terminal and entering command sequences, which might later be executed in opportunistic circumstances by a different user who launches mksh and specifies that terminal with the -T option.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1845?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mirbsd Miros.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1845?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-1845 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1845 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1845, GHSA-v8fp-2p2f-6r3c.