CVE-2008-2235: Opensc-Project Opensc

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Opensc-Project Opensc: version 0.3.2 only; version 0.3.5 only; version 0.4.0 only; version 0.6.0 only; version 0.6.1 only; version 0.7.0 only; …

Published 2008-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.