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CVE-2004-2012· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not ver

The systrace_exit function in the systrace utility for NetBSD-current and 2.0 before April 16, 2004, and certain FreeBSD ports, does not verify the owner of the /dec/systrace connection before setting euid to 0, which allows local users to gain root privileges.

HighCVSS 7.2 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Dec 31, 2004
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 57th percentile
CWE
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Action score

28

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
netbsdnetbsd
nielsprovos systrace
vladimir kotalsystrace port for freebsd

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • netbsd netbsd2.0
  • niels provos systrace1.1
  • niels provos systrace1.2
  • niels provos systrace1.3
  • niels provos systrace1.4
  • niels provos systrace1.5
  • vladimir kotal systrace port for freebsd2004-03-09
  • vladimir kotal systrace port for freebsd2004-06-02

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Remediation

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Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2004-05-11

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-234 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+7944 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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