CVE-2002-1125

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FreeBSD port programs that use libkvm for FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE and earlier, including (1) asmon, (2) ascpu, (3) bubblemon, (4) wmmon, and (5) wmnet2, leave open file descriptors for /dev/mem and /dev/kmem, which allows local users to read kernel memory.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0115.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103228135413310&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10109.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5714
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5716
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5718
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5719
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5720
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0115.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103228135413310&w=2

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