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CVE-2004-1070

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/01/2005
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

The load_elf_binary function in the binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, does not properly check return values from calls to the kernel_read function, which may allow local users to modify sensitive memory in a setuid program and execute arbitrary code.

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:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:test9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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