CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4741

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in NetBSD allows a local user to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a setuid/setgid (P_SUGID) process that performs an exec without resetting real credentials.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can obtain unauthorized privileges, leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update NetBSD to a version after 20051031 or apply the appropriate patch.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

NetBSD 1.6, NetBSD 2.0 through 2.1, and NetBSD-current before 20051031 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a setuid/setgid (P_SUGID) process that performs an exec without a reset of real credentials.

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