CVE-2004-0850

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.

🔗 References (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
• cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297