CVE-2004-2012
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.
Published:Dec 31, 2004
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:May 10, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00306
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Netbsd
Product
Netbsd
Netbsd
Netbsd
Vendor
Niels
Product
Provos Systrace
Niels
Provos Systrace
Vendor
Vladimir Kotal
Product
Systrace Port For Freebsd
Vladimir Kotal
Systrace Port For Freebsd
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
