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CVE-2004-0793

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The calendar program in bsdmainutils 6.0 through 6.0.14 does not drop root privileges when executed with the -a flag, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a calendar event file.

Affected products

• Debian Bsdmainutils: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5 (+9)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109396230317359&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109396230317359&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162

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