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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-13T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:23.647Z

Reserved: 2005-02-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1452

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:31:02.653

Link: CVE-2004-1452

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