Vigil@nce - FreeBSD: privilege escalation via ixl ioctl
May 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: FreeBSD, Data ONTAP 7-Mode.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, data creation/edition.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/03/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via ixl ioctl of FreeBSD, in
order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-privilege-escalation-via-ixl-ioctl-31839