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.
Published 2004-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2017-10-11 01:29:35
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2004-0806

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0806

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2004-0806

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2004-0806

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    Not vulnerable. cdrecord is not shipped setuid and does not need to be made setuid with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4 packages.
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