7.2
HIGH
CVE-2004-0806
cdrecord CDRTOOLS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2004-0806 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-0806 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cdrtools cdrecord
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-0806.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075 Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/ Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html Exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075 Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

notes of scripts

Updated: 6 years, 2 months ago
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Born at : April 13, 2019, 11:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-0806 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-0806 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2004/Sep/0097.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/12481/
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19532
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1011091
    Added Reference http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2004-09/0108.html
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/700326
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:091
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.org/bid/11075
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2058
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9805 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9805 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17303 [Patch]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17303 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 15, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-0806 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-0806 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.44 }} -0.09%

score

0.62114

percentile

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