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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-2235
OpenSC before 0.11.5 uses weak permissions (ADMIN file control information...
Vulnerability Description
OpenSC before 0.11.5 uses weak permissions (ADMIN file control information of 00) for the 5015 directory on smart cards and USB crypto tokens running Siemens CardOS M4, which allows physically proximate attackers to change the PIN.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30473
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31330
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34362
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:183
- http://www.opensc-project.org/security.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33115
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31360
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1627
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-July/000020.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-09.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44140
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.3.2, 0.3.5, 0.4.0, 0.6.0, 0.6.1, 0.7.0, 0.8, 0.8.0.0, 0.8.1, 0.9, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.8, 0.11.0, 0.11.1, 0.11.2, 0.11.3, 0.11.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 1st, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.