Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2019-15877
Published: March 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26237
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15877
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation
Affected software:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient privilege checking in ixl IOCTL. A local user can run a specially crafted application to trigger updates to the device's non-volatile memory (NVM).
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15877
Install updates from vendor's website.