CVE - CVE-2004-0850

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-0850	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:11141 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 CERT-VN:VU#339089 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 GENTOO:GLSA-200409-11 URL:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml SECTRACK:1011195 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 XF:star-ssh-gain-privileges(17297) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20040913	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20040913)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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