01 Record
CVE-2005-2218
The device file system (devfs) in FreeBSD 5.x does not properly check parameters of the node type when creating a device node, which makes hidden devices available to attackers, who can then bypass
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The device file system (devfs) in FreeBSD 5.x does not properly check parameters of the node type when creating a device node, which makes hidden devices available to attackers, who can then bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-07-26 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 044a4df519b27fb9710afd240b013e47e564a47ddcec2717421988e01b004b4b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com14334http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14334
- www.osvdb.org18123http://www.osvdb.org/18123
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfreebsd-devfs-gain-privileges(21451)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21451
- secunia.com16145http://secunia.com/advisories/16145
- securitytracker.com1014536http://securitytracker.com/id?1014536
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-05:17ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc