CVE-2019-5607 is a critical vulnerability affecting FreeBSD versions 12.0-STABLE, 12.0-RELEASE, 11.3-STABLE, 11.3-RELEASE, and 11.2-RELEASE. It stems from an improper reference count release when rights are transmitted over a domain socket, allowing a malicious local user to manipulate the reference counter. This flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High), indicating that a low-privileged local attacker can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.