6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-3531

Published: 05/09/2008 Updated: 08/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 695
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in sys/kern/vfs_mount.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.0 and 7.1, when vfs.usermount is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) mount or (2) nmount system call, related to copying of "user defined data" in "certain error conditions."

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Exploits

/* * cve-2008-3531c -- Patroklos Argyroudis, argp at domain census-labscom * * Privilege escalation exploit for the FreeBSD-SA-08:08nmount * (CVE-2008-3531) vulnerability: * * securityfreebsdorg/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:08nmountasc * webnvdnistgov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-3531 * * For a detailed analysis s ...
Local root exploit for FreeBSD nmount() This affects FreeBSD 70-RELEASE and 70-STABLE ...