Description
The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5.5 through 7.0 does not check the access flags of the file descriptor used for sending a file, which allows local users to read the contents of write-only files.
Published: 2008-02-15
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0787 The sendfile system call in FreeBSD 5.5 through 7.0 does not check the access flags of the file descriptor used for sending a file, which allows local users to read the contents of write-only files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:21:22.108Z

Reserved: 2008-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0777

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-15T02:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0777

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