CVE-2004-2778 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ebuild in Gentoo may change directory and file permissions depending on the order of installed packages, which allows local users to read or write to restricted directories or execute restricted commands via navigating to the affected directories, or executing the affected commands.

Published: 2017-06-27

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2768	Ebuild in Gentoo may change directory and file permissions depending on the order of installed packages, which allows local users to read or write to restricted directories or execute restricted commands via navigating to the affected directories, or executing the affected commands.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/7
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141619
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396153
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58611
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607426
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607430

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Portage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-06-27T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:25.401Z

Reserved: 2017-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2778

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-06-27T20:29:00.183

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2004-2778

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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