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CVE-2008-1845

The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 26%
Public exploits
0
none known

The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a virtual terminal and entering command sequences, which might later be executed in opportunistic circumstances by a different user who launches mksh and specifies that terminal with the -T option.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • osvdb.org /44365 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/28768 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/29803 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/41794 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • mirbsd.org /mksh.htm#clog · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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