CVE-2005-4779

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs.

Affected products

Netbsd: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

References

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
http://www.osvdb.org/20725
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
http://www.osvdb.org/20725

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