CVE-2004-0395

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/12/2004

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gatos:gatos:.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273