# CVE-2004-2012: The systrace\_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not ver

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-05-10 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not verify the owner of the /dec/systrace connection before setting euid to 0, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108432258920570&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10320
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11585
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2004-007.txt.asc
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24113

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