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CVE-2012-4576
FreeBSD: Input Validation Flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges
High7.8EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
FreeBSD: Input Validation Flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- privilege escalation
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
FreeBSD · FreeBSD
- affected 7.4
- affected 8.3
- affected 9.0
- affected and 9.1
References (6)
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4576 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56654 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0089.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027809 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80321 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .