CVE-2015-5677 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

bsnmpd, as used in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2, uses world-readable permissions on the snmpd.config file, which allows local users to obtain the secret key for USM authentication by reading the file.

Published: 2017-02-07

Score: 5.5 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:9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:::::::*

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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-2015-5627	bsnmpd, as used in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2, uses world-readable permissions on the snmpd.config file, which allows local users to obtain the secret key for USM authentication by reading the file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00088.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034678
https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2016-01-15-cve-2015-5677-freebsd-bsnmpd.html
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd.asc

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-07T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:59:03.780Z

Reserved: 2015-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5677

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-07T15:59:00.147

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-5677

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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