CVE-2001-0061

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

12/02/2001

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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&#39;s address space.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::*

CVE-2001-0061

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools