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CVE-2008-1215

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1215 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the ppp (user-ppp) utility, affecting FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD distributions. This vulnerability allows local users to gain privileges by crafting long commands containing tilde characters. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is considered a low-severity flaw, requiring local access and user interaction for exploitation, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While an ExploitDB entry exists for a denial-of-service, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31333 · Mar 4, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/29234
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29238
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29240
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41034
openbsd.org / errata41.html
openbsd.org / errata42.html
securityfocus.com / archive/82/488980/30/0/threaded
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/82/489031/30/0/threaded
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/28090
Exploit