01 Record
CVE-2002-0820
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.1% 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
- 2002-08-02 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-01
- 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
- b9b0032f1095c0cbef2ff887664c5188b86f881a94870a63853d22b2bfd0ebc3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- groups.google.comhttp://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&frame=right&th=d429cd2ef1d3a2b7&seekm=ai6c0q%242289%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw#link16
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-02:23ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:23.stdio.asc
- archives.neohapsis.com20020731 [VulnWatch] FreeBSD <=4.6 kernel problems, yet Linux and *BSD much better than Windowshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0047.html
- marc.info20020819 Freebsd FD exploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102979180524452&w=2