CVE-2008-5736

N/A Unknown
Published: December 26, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/50936
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33209
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570
Source: cve@mitre.org
VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://osvdb.org/50936
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33209
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
60th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

freebsd

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