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CVE

CVE-2019-20172

Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp in SerenityOS before 2019-12-30 does not reject syscalls with pointers into the kernel-only virtual address space, which allows local users to gain privileges by overwritin...
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CVE

CVE-2019-20172

Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp in SerenityOS before 2019-12-30 does not reject syscalls with pointers into the kernel-only virtual address space, which allows local users to gain privileges by overwritin...

Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp in SerenityOS before 2019-12-30 does not reject syscalls with pointers into the kernel-only virtual address space, which allows local users to gain privileges by overwriting a return address that was found on the kernel stack.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
7.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS/tree/master/36c3ctf/wisdom, https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9, https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/commit/0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9, https://github.com/Fire30/CTF-WRITEUPS/tree/master/36c3ctf/wisdom

Severity

7.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.8
EPSS Probability
0.00136%
EPSS Percentile
0.332%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
0fc24fe2564736689859e7edfa177a86dac36bf9

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