CVE-2004-0099

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 5.1-release, 5.2.1-release

References

http://www.osvdb.org/3790
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005
http://www.osvdb.org/3790
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005

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