Security Advisory

CVE-2001-0061

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2001-05-07 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 04:06:55
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

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's address space.