pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235
Published Sep 10, 2008
6.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
pkcs15-tool in OpenSC before 0.11.6 does not apply security updates to a smart card unless the card's label matches the "OpenSC" string, which might allow physically proximate attackers to exploit vulnerabilities that the card owner expected were patched, as demonstrated by exploitation of CVE-2008-2235.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.11.5
- 0.4.0
- 0.5.0
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 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:C
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 | 0.37% (0.00369) | 28.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00369) | 28.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 27.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45045 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32099 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34362 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-announce/2008-August/000021.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/14 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45045 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00686.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
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