Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38126

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in FreeBSD - CVE-2015-5675

Published: October 10, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38126

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5675

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: FreeBSD Foundation

Affected software:
FreeBSD

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The sys_amd64 IRET Handler in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3 and 10.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel panic).

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