CVE-2004-0395

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Gatos: .5

References

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

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