CVE-2013-5710

low
Published 2013-09-23 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.7

Description

The nullfs implementation in sys/fs/nullfs/null_vnops.c in the kernel in FreeBSD 8.3 through 9.2 allows local users with certain permissions to bypass access restrictions via a hardlink in a nullfs instance to a file in a different instance.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

freebsd FreeBSD Affected 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
9.2 Affected โ€”
9.1 Affected โ€”
9.0 Affected โ€”
8.4 Affected โ€”
8.3 Affected โ€”
8.0 Affected โ€”

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.