6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2010-2020

Published: 28/05/2010 Updated: 06/11/2012
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 700
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c in the NFS client in the kernel in FreeBSD 7.2 up to and including 8.1-PRERELEASE, when vfs.usermount is enabled, does not validate the length of a certain fhsize parameter, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted mount request.

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freebsd freebsd 8.0

freebsd freebsd 7.2

freebsd freebsd 8.1-prerelease

Exploits

/* * nfs_mount_exc -- Patroklos Argyroudis, argp at domain census-labscom * * Local kernel exploit for FreeBSD 80, 73 and 72 * * FreeBSD 80-RELEASE: Local kernel crash/denial-of-service * FreeBSD 73/72-RELEASE: Local privilege escalation * * Discovered and exploited by Patroklos (argp) Argyroudis * * The vulnerability is in n ...
/* * mountnfsexc -- Patroklos Argyroudis, argp at domain census-labscom * * Local kernel exploit for FreeBSD 80, 73 and 72 * * Discovered and exploited by Patroklos (argp) Argyroudis * * The vulnerability is in mountnfs() which is reachable by the mount(2) * and nmount(2) system calls In order for them to be enabled for * unprivil ...