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.
Published: 2004-09-14
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0804 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.
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Cdrtools Cdrecord
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.480Z

Reserved: 2004-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0806

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0806

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0806 - Bugzilla

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