CVE-2004-0850 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting Star's failure to drop effective user ID before executing external programs via RSH.
- 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-2004-0850?
CVE-2004-0850 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0850?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0850?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0850 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-0850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-38gp-237c-7q54.