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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2000-0094 json

procfs in BSD systems allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the /proc/pid/mem interface via a modified file descriptor fo…

published 2000-02-16 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0093

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

procfs in BSD systems allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the /proc/pid/mem interface via a modified file descriptor for stderr.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19726)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19726 FreeBSD 3.4 / NetBSD 1.4.1 / OpenBSD 2.6 - '/proc' FileSystem local, 2000-01-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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