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CVE-2001-0061
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |