CVE-2008-1215

high

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the command_Expand_Interpret function in command.c in ppp (aka user-ppp), as distributed in FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 and 4.2, and the net/userppp package for NetBSD, allows local users to gain privileges via long commands containing "~" characters.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034

http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp

http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp

http://secunia.com/advisories/29240

http://secunia.com/advisories/29238

http://secunia.com/advisories/29234

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-03-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00367