CVE-2019-5602
high-risk
Published 2019-07-03
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.
Do I need to act?
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3.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (18)
Affected Vendors
References (4)
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA...
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153522/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA...
56
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
7/34 · Low
Exposure
19/34 · Moderate