CVE-2005-4352

NetBSD <2.1 & Linux <2.6.15 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The securelevels implementation in NetBSD 2.1 and earlier, and Linux 2.6.15 and earlier, allows local users to bypass time setting restrictions and set the clock backwards by setting the clock ahead to the maximum unixtime value (19 Jan 2038), which then wraps around to the minimum value (13 Dec 1901), which can then be set ahead to the desired time, aka "settimeofday() time wrap."

Scores

EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.6%

Classification

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026