CVE-2004-0850

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: 2004-12-23 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver: 1.5_a45

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297

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