CVE-2002-0572
FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 (standard input), 1 (standard output), or 2 (standard error), which may then be…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 (standard input), 1 (standard output), or 2 (standard error), which may then be reused by a called setuid process that intended to perform I/O on normal files.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd · openbsd/openbsd · sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0033.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268970Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269102
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-072.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8920.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/809347US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/6095
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4568Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0033.html
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/268970Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/269102
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-072.shtml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8920.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/809347US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/6095
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4568Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.