CVE-2004-0099 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 4.6 Medium

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0099	mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs.asc
http://www.osvdb.org/3790
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:02.375Z

Reserved: 2004-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0099

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-03T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0099

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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