CVE-2017-1085

In FreeBSD before 11.2-RELEASE, an application which calls setrlimit() to increase RLIMIT_STACK may turn a read-only memory region below the stack into a read-write region. A specially crafted executable could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the user context.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42279/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-12 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-1085

Mitre link : CVE-2017-1085

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-1085

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Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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