CVE-2004-1452

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*