CVE-2004-1031 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting a flaw in Fcron's SUID process handling to load arbitrary root-owned configuration files.
- 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-2004-1031?
CVE-2004-1031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 24 Nov 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
fcronsighup in Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions allows local users to bypass access restrictions and load an arbitrary configuration file by starting an suid process and pointing the fcronsighup configuration file to a /proc entry that is owned by root but modifiable by the user, such as /proc/self/cmdline or /proc/self/environ.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1031?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, Thibault Godouet Fcron.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1031?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-1031 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1031 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq5v-5f8w-q4j4.