CVE-2002-0820

FreeBSD kernel <4.6 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

FreeBSD kernel 4.6 and earlier closes the file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 after they have already been assigned to /dev/null when the descriptors reference procfs or linprocfs, which could allow local users to reuse the file descriptors in a setuid or setgid program to modify critical data and gain privileges.

Scores

EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd 4.6
Published Aug 12, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026