Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2009-4358
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
0.27%
Original Filing — NVD Description
freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.