Vulnerability in Freebsd
CVE-2001-0061
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Freebsd — versions 3.5.1, 4.1, 4.1.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)