CVE-2004-0850 | BDVDB-2026-7272 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12004-09-24Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.