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CVE-2008-1845

Published: Apr 16, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

On-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

mirbsdoss-projectOperating Systemsaka mirbsd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29803

http://www.mirbsd.org/mksh.htm#clog

http://www.osvdb.org/44365

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Timeline

Published

Apr 16, 2008

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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