CVE-2008-5736 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges via uninitialized function pointers in netgraph and bluetooth sockets in FreeBSD.
- 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-2008-5736?
CVE-2008-5736 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 26 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5736?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5736?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5736 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-5736 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5736 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3c8w-jch7-843r.