CVE-2008-0777

medium

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.

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019416

http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:03.sendfile.asc

http://secunia.com/advisories/28928

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N