CVE-2004-1452

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: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: 0.5, 0.7, 1.1a, 1.2, 1.4, 1.4-rc1 (+2)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993
http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993

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