Vulnerability Name:

CCN-9827

Published:1996-06-05
Updated:1996-06-05
Summary:A vulnerability in the comsat daemon in FreeBSD 2.1-stable and 2.2-current prior to 4-Jun-1996 could allow a local attacker to read portions of files in the /var/mail directory. An attacker with a valid local system account could use this vulnerability to read other user's mail.
CVSS v3 Severity:4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Consequences:Obtain Information
References:Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-96:13
unauthorized mail reading via comsat

Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Web site
The FreeBSD Project

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freebsd-comsat-read-mail(9827)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    freebsd freebsd 2.1.0
    freebsd freebsd 2.2