CVE-2008-5736 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 67)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.2% — more likely to be exploited than 67% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 6.4 - Netgraph Privilege Escalation | 2011-03-10 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33209
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581
- http://osvdb.org/50936
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33209
- http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581
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