CVE-2004-1452

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1452
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionTomcat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.5 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 0.7 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.1a All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Tomcat EBuild Insecure Install Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo Tomcat Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Tomcat: Insecure installation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch
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