CVE-2001-0063 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to bypass access control restrictions for a jail environment and gain additional privileges.

Published: 2001-05-07

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0063	procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to bypass access control restrictions for a jail environment and gain additional privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc
http://www.osvdb.org/1691
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2132
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6108

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-05-07T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.939Z

Reserved: 2001-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0063

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-02-12T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0063

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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