CVE-2004-0806

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

Cdrtools Cdrecord: 1.11, 2.0

References

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805

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