The "internal state tracking" code for the random and urandom devices in FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4 allows local users to obtain portions of previously-accessed random values, which could be leveraged to bypass protection mechanisms that rely on secrecy of those values
Published Nov 30, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The "internal state tracking" code for the random and urandom devices in FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1 through 6.3, and 7.0 beta 4 allows local users to obtain portions of previously-accessed random values, which could be leveraged to bypass protection mechanisms that rely on secrecy of those values.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 23.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00328) | 24.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 18.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://osvdb.org/39600 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27879 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:09.random.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26642 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019022 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4053 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38764 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/39600 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27879 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:09.random.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26642 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019022 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4053 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38764 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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