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TI-2002-00678 Aliases CVE-2002-0701GHSA-h4cj-8977-2389

ktrace in BSD-based operating systems allows the owner of a process with special…

Priority LOW 11Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

ktrace in BSD-based operating systems allows the owner of a process with special privileges to trace the process after its privileges have been lowered, which may allow the owner to obtain sensitive information that the process obtained while it was running with the extra privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00333 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2 stableVulnerableFreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableOpenBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 stable Vulnerable ·FreeBSD
  • cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·OpenBSD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0701
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4cj-8977-2389

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

Sources

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