01 Record
CVE-2001-1180
FreeBSD 4.3 does not properly clear shared signal handlers when executing a process, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling rfork with a shared signal handler, having the child process
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
FreeBSD 4.3 does not properly clear shared signal handlers when executing a process, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling rfork with a shared signal handler, having the child process
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-06-25 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-03-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9c5ad9cc5da8480a30ee5465e2eeddd1b35ac3cd92594525f9dd0363efd0a135
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- ciac.llnl.govL-111http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-111.shtml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combsd-rfork-signal-handlers(6829)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6829
- www.osvdb.org1897http://www.osvdb.org/1897
- archives.neohapsis.com20010710 FreeBSD 4.3 local root, yet Linux and *BSD much better than Windowshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0179.html
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-01:42ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:42.signal.v1.1.asc
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#943633http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943633
- www.securityfocus.com3007http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3007