🛡️ CVE-2024-6760
🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-862 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

A logic bug in the code which disables kernel tracing for setuid programs meant that tracing was not disabled when it should have, allowing unprivileged users to trace and inspect the behavior of setuid programs. The bug may be used by an unprivileged user to read the contents of files to which they would not otherwise have access, such as the local password database.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-862
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-08-12
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
freebsd

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