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CVE-2009-2208
FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable…
Low3.6EPSS 0.35%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
FreeBSD 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, and 7.2 does not enforce permissions on the SIOCSIFINFO_IN6 IOCTL, which allows local users to modify or disable IPv6 network interfaces, as demonstrated by modifying the MTU.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 35285 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- freebsd-siocsifinfo-security-bypass(51044) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1022367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 35410 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-09:10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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