CVE-2005-4351

FreeBSD/Linux/OpenBSD - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The securelevels implementation in FreeBSD 7.0 and earlier, OpenBSD up to 3.8, DragonFly up to 1.2, and Linux up to 2.6.15 allows root users to bypass immutable settings for files by mounting another filesystem that masks the immutable files while the system is running.

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2005-10/1523.html

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041177.html

[Exploit, Vendor Advisory] http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-015.txt

[Various Sources] http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2005-15.txt

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24037

Scores

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 31.7%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (5)

dragonfly/dragonfly < 1.2

freebsd/freebsd < 6.0

freebsd/freebsd

linux/linux_kernel < 2.6.15

openbsd/openbsd < 3.8

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026