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CVE-2004-2012

The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not verify the owner of the /dec/systrace connection before setting euid to 0, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

Published

2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application niels provos_systrace 1.1 Yes
Application niels provos_systrace 1.2 Yes
Application niels provos_systrace 1.3 Yes
Application niels provos_systrace 1.4 Yes
Application niels provos_systrace 1.5 Yes
Application vladimir_kotal systrace_port_for_freebsd 2004-03-09 Yes
Application vladimir_kotal systrace_port_for_freebsd 2004-06-02 Yes
Operating System netbsd netbsd 2.0 Yes
References