CVE-2004-2012
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CVE-2004-2012 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Niels | Provos Systrace | 1.1 |
| Niels | Provos Systrace | 1.2 |
| Niels | Provos Systrace | 1.3 |
| Niels | Provos Systrace | 1.4 |
| Niels | Provos Systrace | 1.5 |
| Vladimir Kotal | Systrace Port For Freebsd | 2004-03-09 |
| Vladimir Kotal | Systrace Port For Freebsd | 2004-06-02 |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0 |
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