CVE-2015-5677

MEDIUM

FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, 10.2 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via World-Readable snmpd.config

Title source: llm

Description

bsnmpd, as used in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2, uses world-readable permissions on the snmpd.config file, which allows local users to obtain the secret key for USM authentication by reading the file.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034678

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2016-01-15-cve-2015-5677-freebsd-bsnmpd.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 24.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (3)

freebsd/freebsd 9.3

freebsd/freebsd 10.1

freebsd/freebsd 10.2

Published Feb 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026