opensc: incorrect initialization of Siemens CardOS M4 smart cards
Published Aug 1, 2008
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
OpenSC before 0.11.5 uses weak permissions (ADMIN file control information of 00) for the 5015 directory on smart cards and USB crypto tokens running Siemens CardOS M4, which allows physically proximate attackers to change the PIN.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.5
- 0.4.0
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.8
- 0.8.0.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.9
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.1
- 0.11.2
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.3
- 0.11.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:N/I:C/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 3, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 31.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00393) | 30.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 18.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 25.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 23.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 21.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31330 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31360 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33115 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:183 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-July/000020.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.opensc-project.org/security.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30473 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2235 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457367 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44140 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2235
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2235
- https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1627 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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