CVE-2008-1215
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1224)
- Published
- March 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1224 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- netbsd / netbsd
- openbsd / openbsd
- openbsd / openbsd
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29234(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29238(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29240(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28090(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41034
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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