CVE-2004-2012 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00306.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Netbsd	Netbsd
Niels	Provos Systrace
Vladimir Kotal	Systrace Port For Freebsd

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vladimir_kotal:systrace_port_for_freebsd:2004-03-09:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vladimir_kotal:systrace_port_for_freebsd:2004-06-02:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2004	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-007.txt.asc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108432258920570&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11585
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10320
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16110

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:15:01.112Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-2012

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-2012

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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