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CVE-2004-2012

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Published: Dec 31, 2004Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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7.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 10.0
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (8)

1 product
Provos Systrace
Systrace Port For Freebsd
1 product
Netbsd
Configuration A
7 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Niels
Version 1.1
Version 1.2
Version 1.3
Version 1.4
Version 1.5
Vladimir Kotal
Version 2004-03-09
Version 2004-06-02
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 2.0

References (10)

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-007.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-007.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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