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Unscored CVE-2001-0061 EUVD-2001-0061GHSA-xv29-cvx6-qc29

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems does not properly restrict access to per-process mem and ctl files, which allows loc…

Published May 7, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems does not properly restrict access to per-process mem and ctl files, which allows local users to gain root privileges by forking a child process and executing a privileged process from the child, while the parent retains access to the child's address space.

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