CVE - CVE-2004-0157

CVE-ID
CVE-2004-0157	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
x11.c in xonix 1.4 and earlier uses the current working directory to find and execute the rmail program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the path to point to a malicious rmail program.
References
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BID:10149 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10149 DEBIAN:DSA-484 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-484 MISC:http://shellcode.org/Advisories/XONIX.txt OSVDB:5358 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/5358 SECTRACK:1009789 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1009789 SECUNIA:11382 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/11382 XF:xonix-privilege-dropping(15873) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15873
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20040213	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 (20040213)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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