CVE-2008-1215 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 55)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.79% — more likely to be exploited than 55% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-03-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
| netbsd | netbsd |
| openbsd | openbsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BSD PPP 'pppx.conf' - Local Denial of Service | 2008-03-04 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29234
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29240
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29234
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29240
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#014_ppp
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#009_ppp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/488980/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034
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