01 Record
CVE-2006-0098
The dupfdopen function in sys/kern/kern_descrip.c in OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8 allows local users to re-open arbitrary files by using setuid programs to access file descriptors using /dev/fd/.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The dupfdopen function in sys/kern/kern_descrip.c in OpenBSD 3.7 and 3.8 allows local users to re-open arbitrary files by using setuid programs to access file descriptors using /dev/fd/.
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
- 0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.7% 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
- 2006-01-06 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:25Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-01-06
- 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
- b02ab84665c0b421db8a91afb21b9221627027d844e15c14b8f2199ea37b84a3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.osvdb.org22231http://www.osvdb.org/22231
- www.securityfocus.com16144http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16144
- ftp.openbsd.orgftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.7/common/008_fd.patch
- securitytracker.com1015437http://securitytracker.com/id?1015437
- www.openbsd.org[3.7] 20060105 008: SECURITY FIX: January 5, 2006http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html#fd
- secunia.com18296http://secunia.com/advisories/18296