High severity · published Mar 26, 2021
CVE-2020-25582
In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r369334, 11.4-STABLE before r369335, 12.2-RELEASE before p4 and 11.4-RELEASE before p8 when a process, such as jexec(8) or killall(1), calls…
8.7
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In FreeBSD 12.2-STABLE before r369334, 11.4-STABLE before r369335, 12.2-RELEASE before p4 and 11.4-RELEASE before p8 when a process, such as jexec(8) or killall(1), calls jail_attach(2) to enter a jail, the jailed root can attach to it using ptrace(2) before the current working directory is changed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
11.4; 11.4; 11.4; 11.4; 11.4; 11.4; +6 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25582
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25582
Vendor Advisory
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-21:05.jail_chdir.asc
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210423-0003/
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