CVE-2008-0777 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2008-02-15

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-0787	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-02-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:21:22.108Z

Reserved: 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0777

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-15T02:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0777

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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