Is CVE-2008-1845 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-1845 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-1845?

CVE-2008-1845 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-1845?

CVE-2008-1845 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1845?

Upgrade mksh on debian 11 to 33.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-1845

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mkshDebian

Fixed in:33.4-1CVE-2008-1845

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references4

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