CVE-2014-8476
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
The setlogin function in FreeBSD 8.4 through 10.1-RC4 does not initialize the buffer used to store the login name, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a call to getlogin, which returns the entire buffer.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-200
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3070
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A25.setlogin.asc
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