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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.480Z

Reserved: 2004-08-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0806

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0806

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-09-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0806 - Bugzilla

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