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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:55.224Z

Reserved: 2001-02-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-02-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:34.093

Link: CVE-2001-0061

cve-icon Redhat

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