CVE-2002-0701

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Published Apr 2, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

ktrace in BSD-based operating systems allows the owner of a process with special privileges to trace the process after its privileges have been lowered, which may allow the owner to obtain sensitive information that the process obtained while it was running with the extra privileges.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0693	ktrace in BSD-based operating systems allows the owner of a process with special privileges to trace the process after its privileges have been lowered, which may allow the owner to obtain sensitive information that the process obtained while it was running with the extra privileges.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.333% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102650797504351&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9474.php
http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#ktrace
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5133

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

Openbsd Openbsd

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 2, 2003, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 2:56 AM
Reserved: Jul 12, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 23, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:57 PM

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