CVE-2004-1452

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.

Score
CVSS 2.0 7.2 High
Status
Modified - cve@mitre.org
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2024-08-08

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