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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.380Z

Reserved: 2004-04-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0395

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-06T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0395

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