CVE-2002-0572 Privilege escalation in n/a

High 7.2 Published 11 Jun 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escalate privileges or access restricted files by manipulating standard file descriptors in setuid processes on FreeBSD.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2002-0572?

CVE-2002-0572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 11 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, and possibly other BSD-based operating systems, allows local users to write to or read from restricted files by closing the file descriptors 0 (standard input), 1 (standard output), or 2 (standard error), which may then be reused by a called setuid process that intended to perform I/O on normal files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0572?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Openbsd Openbsd, Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2002-0572 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2002-0572 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-ch5f-274q-4xg7.