CVE-2002-0701 Information disclosure in n/a
A local attacker with process ownership can trace privileged processes to obtain sensitive information, affecting BSD-based operating systems.
- 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-2002-0701?
CVE-2002-0701 is a low-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 2 Apr 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ktrace in BSD-based operating systems allows the owner of a process with special privileges to trace the process after its privileges have been lowered, which may allow the owner to obtain sensitive information that the process obtained while it was running with the extra privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0701?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Openbsd Openbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0701?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0701 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2002-0701 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0701 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h4cj-8977-2389.