CVE-2005-4741

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NetBSD 1.6, NetBSD 2.0 through 2.1, and NetBSD-current before 20051031 allows local users to gain privileges by attaching a debugger to a setuid/setgid (P_SUGID) process that performs an exec without a reset of real credentials.

Affected products

Netbsd: 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+2)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0157.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/10/31/0001.html
http://prdelka.blackart.org.uk/exploitz/prdelka-vs-BSD-ptrace.tar.gz
http://www.osvdb.org/20759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15290
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-11/0157.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/10/31/0001.html
http://prdelka.blackart.org.uk/exploitz/prdelka-vs-BSD-ptrace.tar.gz
http://www.osvdb.org/20759
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15290

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