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CVE-2008-0217

The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions wh…

Impact

The script program in FreeBSD 5.0 through 7.0-PRERELEASE invokes openpty, which creates a pseudo-terminal with world-readable and world-writable permissions when it is not run as root, which allows local users to read data from the terminal of the user running script.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
FreebsdFreebsd
Versions 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0

Weakness classification

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