CVE-2009-4358 - freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation

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freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation

Published Dec 20, 2009

4.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.27%

Description

freebsd-update in FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 7.1, 6.4, and 6.3 uses insecure permissions in its working directory (/var/db/freebsd-update by default), which allows local users to read copies of sensitive files after a (1) freebsd-update fetch (fetch) or (2) freebsd-update upgrade (upgrade) operation.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.27% 0.00273

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00273

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 4, 2026	0.27% (0.00273)	17.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.27% (0.00273)	18.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00046)	11.27th	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	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37575
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37575		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-09:17.freebsd-update.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37190		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 20, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Dec 19, 2009

Link CVE-2009-4358

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-4358

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-4358