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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-0777

CVE-2008-0777

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.

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Affected products

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  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 5.5 - 7.0

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