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.
Published: 2004-09-24
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD 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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Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver
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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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-23T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0850

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