CVE-2004-0806 in cdrecord

Summary

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

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• Reservation: 08/25/2004
• Disclosure: 12/31/2004
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-22632 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: Unknown
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00968
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0806
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0806
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-0806/