CVE-2001-0061 (GCVE-0-2001-0061)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-05-07 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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