CVE-2019-5602
highpriority · attend · 46OT risk · highEPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In FreeBSD 12.0-STABLE before r349628, 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p7, 11.3-PRERELEASE before r349629, 11.3-RC3 before 11.3-RC3-p1, and 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p11, a bug in the cdrom driver allows users with read access to the cdrom device to arbitrarily overwrite kernel memory when media is present thereby allowing a malicious user in the operator group to gain root privileges.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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affected products (4)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (12)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-11.cd_ioctl.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5602cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-11.cd/ioctl.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-11.cd_ioctl.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl.asccnnvd
- https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:11.cd_ioctl.asccnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/FreeBSD-privilege-escalation-via-cd-ioctl-29676cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2474/cnnvd
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