CVE-2004-2012
N/A
Published: May 10, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsNetBSDProvos SystraceSystrace Port for Freebsd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-007.txt.ascMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108432258920570&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16110Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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