CVE-2004-0099 — mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions

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mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions

Published Sep 1, 2004

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

mksnap_ffs in FreeBSD 5.1 and 5.2 only sets the snapshot flag when creating a snapshot for a file system, which causes default values for other flags to be used, possibly disabling security-critical settings and allowing a local user to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00330

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00330

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00330)	23.79th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00330)	24.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00068)	18.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3790
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:01.mksnap_ffs.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/3790		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9533		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15005		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 29, 2004

Link CVE-2004-0099

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-0099

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-0099