CVE-2001-1185 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in FreeBSD 4.4, where asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations could be delayed until after an execve call. This timing issue allows a local attacker to overwrite memory in the newly executed process, potentially gaining elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (MEDIUM), it requires local access and high attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-21176) demonstrating a cross-process memory write, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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