CVE-2004-0806

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303

https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091

http://secunia.com/advisories/19532

http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H