Vulnerability Details CVE-2004-0850
Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 20.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
Products affected by CVE-2004-0850
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cpe:2.3:a:joerg_schilling:star_tape_archiver:1.5_a45