CVE-2005-4779 — verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs

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verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs

Published Apr 13, 2006

3.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

verifiedexecioctl in verified_exec.c in NetBSD 2.0.2 calls NDINIT with UIO_USERSPACE rather than UID_SYSSPACE, which removes the functionality of the verified exec kernel subsystem and might allow local users to execute Trojan horse programs.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00333

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

EPSS probability 0.00333

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% (0.00333)	24.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00334)	25.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00070)	18.74th	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)

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/20725
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/verified_exec.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.4.2.1&f=h		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
http://releng.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/req-2-0.cgi?show=1988		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/20725		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 13, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 13, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4779

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4779

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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