Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2004-2012 is an old local privilege-escalation flaw in systrace for NetBSD-current, NetBSD 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports. A local user could gain root privileges. It is not a remote takeover by itself, but it is serious on exposed legacy systems with local accounts. Exposure is most likely limited to legacy NetBSD or FreeBSD environments using affected systrace versions. Modern systems are unlikely to be affected, but old appliances, lab systems, embedded builds, or unmaintained BSD hosts should be checked. Prioritize if the organization still operates legacy BSD systems or grants local access to shared Unix hosts. For most modern environments, urgency is low after confirming no affected systems remain. Mitigation focus: Identify any NetBSD-current or NetBSD 2.0 systems predating April 16, 2004.; Check FreeBSD systems for affected systrace ports.; Apply vendor guidance from NetBSD-SA2004-007 where applicable..
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- systrace-gain-privileges(16110)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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