CVE-2004-2012

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

0.85% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USLLM-inferredCWE-269USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-24113NetBSD/FreeBSD Port Systrace 1.x - Exit Routine Access Validation Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
netbsd netbsd= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels provos systrace= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels provos systrace= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels provos systrace= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels provos systrace= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
niels provos systrace= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:niels:provos_systrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vladimir kotal systrace port for freebsd= 2004-03-09nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vladimir_kotal:systrace_port_for_freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vladimir kotal systrace port for freebsd= 2004-06-02nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vladimir_kotal:systrace_port_for_freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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