CVE-2024-6760 ktrace(2) fails to detach when executing a setuid binary
Unprivileged users can trace setuid binaries to read sensitive files like the password database due to a kernel tracing logic error.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-6760?
CVE-2024-6760 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 11 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A logic bug in the code which disables kernel tracing for setuid programs meant that tracing was not disabled when it should have, allowing unprivileged users to trace and inspect the behavior of setuid programs.
The bug may be used by an unprivileged user to read the contents of files to which they would not otherwise have access, such as the local password database.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6760?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6760?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6760 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-6760 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6760 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2mcp-f38w-p5gf.