VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-4358

CVSS score4.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-12-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Description

freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.

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