PT-2004-1911 · Star · Star

Published 2004-09-24 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Star versions prior to 1.5 alpha46

Description: The issue allows local users to potentially gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program, due to the software not dropping the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.5 alpha46, consider dropping the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs to prevent privilege escalation. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to modifying the RSH environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0850

Affected Products

Star

References · 6

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11141 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0850 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 · Note