VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- joerg schilling/star tape archiver
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.