7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems does not properly restrict access to per-process mem and ctl files, which allows local users to gain root privileges by forking a child process and executing a privileged process from the child, while the parent retains access to the child’s address space.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
freebsd:freebsd | freebsd | eq | 3.5.1 |
freebsd:freebsd | freebsd | eq | 4.1 |
freebsd:freebsd | freebsd | eq | 4.1.1 |
freebsd:freebsd | freebsd | eq | 4.2 |