Privilege escalation in NetBSD
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | N/A |
| CWE-ID | CWE-362 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
NetBSD Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | NetBSD Foundation, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Race condition
EUVDB-ID: #VU8493
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: N/A
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a missing check in the trap handler and the Linux compatibility layer. A local attacker can trigger race condition, cause the userland kernel space to panic and gain elevated privileges or cause the system to crash.
Install update from vendor's website.
NetBSD: 6.0 - 7.1
External linkshttp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2017-005.txt.asc
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
