VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-4351

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The securelevels implementation in FreeBSD 7.0 and earlier, OpenBSD up to 3.8, DragonFly up to 1.2, and Linux up to 2.6.15 allows root users to bypass immutable settings for files by mounting another filesystem that masks the immutable files while the system is running.

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