CVE-2004-1116

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2005-01-10 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Gentoo Linux

References

GLSA-200411-26

Patch, Vendor Advisory

seti@home-gain-privileges(18149)

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