CVE-2009-0641 describes a critical vulnerability in the telnetd daemon of FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE and other 7.x versions. The flaw stems from an outdated method used to delete dangerous environment variables, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by passing crafted environment variables, such as an LD_PRELOAD value referencing a malicious library. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-8055) exists for privilege escalation, and despite its age, it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:beta_4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:current:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0-releaseCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0-release:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0_beta4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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