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high 7.2

CVE-2004-0806 json

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program spec…

published 2004-09-14 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0804

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0806 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2005:447

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-438)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-469 CDRecord's ReadCD - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2004-09-19
  • EDB-438 CDRecord's ReadCD - '$RSH exec()' SUID Shell Creation local, 2004-09-11
  • securityfocus.org http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • derkeiler.com http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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