CVE-2004-0157

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0157
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-06-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionx11.c in xonix 1.4 and earlier uses the current working directory to find and execute the rmail program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the path to point to a malicious rmail program.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xonix Xonix All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - xonix Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Xonix X11 Game Insecure Privilege Dropping Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-484-1 xonix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 shellcode.org
www.osvdb.org/5358 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Xonix Game High Score Mail Function Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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