CVE-2004-2215

high

Description

RXVT-Unicode 3.4 and 3.5 does not properly close file descriptors, which allows local users to access the terminals of other users and possibly gain privileges.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17000

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10959

http://www.osvdb.org/8710

http://secunia.com/advisories/12299

http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/Changes?view=markup

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00076