Description
Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2004-0848 | Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.903Z
Reserved: 2004-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2004-0850
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Status : Modified
Published: 2004-12-23T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2004-0850
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD