Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2001-1185
Some AIO operations in FreeBSD 4.4 may be delayed until after a call to execve, which could allow a local user to overwrite memory of the new process and gain privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 4.4
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7693.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244583 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3661 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/2001 (vdb-entry)