CVE-2004-0395

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2004-12-06

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Gatos (Gatos)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273