CVE-2001-0063 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the procfs filesystem, specifically affecting FreeBSD and potentially other operating systems. An attacker can exploit this flaw to bypass access control restrictions within a jail environment, gaining elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with no authentication required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known active exploits or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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