A vulnerability classified as critical was found in FreeBSD 3.3 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file .wmmonrc of the component WMMon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

wmmon in FreeBSD allows local users to gain privileges via the .wmmonrc configuration file.

The weakness was published 12/22/1999 by Steve Reid (FIRST) (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0018. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4382).

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• FreeBSD

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• 3.3

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• open-source

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