CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2012

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves a local user being able to escalate privileges to root, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the system to a patched version or apply the available fix for affected NetBSD and FreeBSD releases.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS