PT-2001-1297 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 2001-02-12 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0061

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FreeBSD (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue concerns improper access restrictions to per-process mem and ctl files in procfs. This allows local users to potentially gain root privileges by exploiting a process forking mechanism, where a child process is forked and a privileged process is executed from the child, while the parent process retains access to the child's address space.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0061

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0061 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/2130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6106 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/1697 · Note