Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2004-1452

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.

Published

2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System gentoo linux 0.5 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 0.7 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.1a Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.2 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.4 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.4 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.4 Yes
Operating System gentoo linux 1.4 Yes
References