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CVE-2008-0217
The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.30%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 78% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By freebsd
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 78% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- 28498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019191 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- freebsd-openpty-information-disclosure(39665) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-08:01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0229 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0217)Record last updated .