CVE-2008-1215

BSD PPP 'pppx.conf' - Local Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en pila en la función command_Expand_Interpret de command.c en ppp (aka user-ppp), como se distribuyó en FreeBSD 6.3 y 7.0, OpenBSD 4.1 y 4.2, y el paquete net/userppp para NetBSD, permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a través de comandos largos que contienen los caracteres "~".

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-03-08 CVE Reserved
2008-03-09 CVE Published
2014-02-02 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-29 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31333	2014-02-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30/0/threaded	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29234	2017-08-08
http://secunia.com/advisories/29238	2017-08-08
http://secunia.com/advisories/29240	2017-08-08
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp	2017-08-08
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp	2017-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				6.3 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "6.3"		-		Affected
Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd"		Freebsd Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd"				7.0 Search vendor "Freebsd" for product "Freebsd" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				*		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				4.1 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd"		Openbsd Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd"				4.2 Search vendor "Openbsd" for product "Openbsd" and version "4.2"		-		Affected