CVE-2001-1166 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (linprocfs on FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier does not properly restr)
linprocfs on FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier does not properly restrict access to kernel memory, which allows one process with debugging rights on a privileged process to read restricted memory from that process.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1166 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-08-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | linprocfs on FreeBSD 4.3 and earlier does not properly restrict access to kernel memory, which allows one process with debugging rights on a privileged process to read restricted memory from that process. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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