CVE-2004-0806 EXPLOIT
7.2
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.7% (pctl 77)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.2 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.73% — more likely to be exploited than 77% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cdrtools | cdrecord |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CDRecord's ReadCD - Local Privilege Escalation | 2004-09-19 |
| exploit-db | CDRecord's ReadCD - '$RSH exec()' SUID Shell Creation | 2004-09-11 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
- http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
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