CVE-2004-1624 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Carbon Copy 6.0.5257 does not drop system privileges when opening external programs through the help topic interface, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) the help topic interface in CCW32.exe, which launches Notepad, or (2) the help button in the Carbon Copy Scheduler (CCSched.exe).

Published: 2005-02-20

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:altiris:carbon_copy:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:altiris:carbon_copy:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1618	Carbon Copy 6.0.5257 does not drop system privileges when opening external programs through the help topic interface, which allows local users to gain privileges via (1) the help topic interface in CCW32.exe, which launches Notepad, or (2) the help button in the Carbon Copy Scheduler (CCSched.exe).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109846296406459&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12962
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11500
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17838

History

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Subscriptions

Altiris Carbon Copy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:36.291Z

Reserved: 2005-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1624

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-10-21T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-1624

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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