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CVE-2004-2215

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

RXVT-Unicode 3.4 and 3.5 does not properly close file descriptors, which allows local users to access the terminals of other users and possibly gain privileges.

Affected products

• Marc Lehmann Rxvt-Unicode: 3.4, 3.5

References

• http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/Changes?view=markup
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12299
• http://www.osvdb.org/8710
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10959
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17000
• http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/Changes?view=markup
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12299
• http://www.osvdb.org/8710
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10959
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17000

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