CVE-2004-0126 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The jail_attach system call in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 changes the directory of a calling process even if the process doesn't have permission to change directory, which allows local users to gain read/write privileges to files and directories within another jail.

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:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:::::::*
	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-2004-0126	The jail_attach system call in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 changes the directory of a calling process even if the process doesn't have permission to change directory, which allows local users to gain read/write privileges to files and directories within another jail.

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-04:03.jail.asc
http://www.osvdb.org/4101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9762
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15344

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.886Z

Reserved: 2004-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0126

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-29T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0126

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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