CVE-2008-1845

Description

The Korn shell (aka mksh) before R33d on MirOS (aka MirBSD) does not flush the tty's I/O when invoking mksh in a new terminal, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a virtual terminal and entering command sequences, which might later be executed in opportunistic circumstances by a different user who launches mksh and specifies that terminal with the -T option.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.04%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/44365	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28768	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29803	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41794	vdb entry
http://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm#clog

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1845?: CVE-2008-1845 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1845?: To fix CVE-2008-1845, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1845 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-1845 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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