CVE-2005-4351 describes a vulnerability in the securelevels implementation of FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, and Linux kernels up to specific versions. A local, authenticated root user can bypass immutable file settings by mounting a new filesystem that overlays the protected files while the system is operational. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access and authentication, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dragonfly:dragonfly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:7.0:current:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.