# CVE-2019-5602: Privilege escalation in FreeBSD

> A bug in the FreeBSD cdrom driver allows local users with read access to overwrite kernel memory and gain root privileges.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f993-7vhh-q9rj

## What is CVE-2019-5602?

CVE-2019-5602 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 3 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349628, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349629, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the cdrom driver allows users with read access to the cdrom device to arbitrarily overwrite kernel memory when media is present thereby allowing a malicious user in the operator group to gain root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5602?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Freebsd Freebsd.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5602?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5602 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5602 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl.asc (github_poc): https://github.com/test-one9/CVE-2019-5602-poc

## Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd

- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5602 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5602 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 3 Jul 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5602 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5602/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5602/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5602
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5602
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5602

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