CVE-2004-0806 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root privileges via the RSH environment variable in setuid-root cdrecord due to improper privilege dropping.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0806?
CVE-2004-0806 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0806?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cdrtools Cdrecord.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0806?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-0806 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-0806 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw49-f4qm-3gcc.