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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1215 · published 9 March 2008

CVE-2008-1215: Freebsd permissions and access controls vulnerability

Freebsd · Freebsd

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.

4.6 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.79% · top 45.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.6CVSS 2.0 base score
0.79%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
18References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1215), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.