CVE-2004-1452 (GCVE-0-2004-1452)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-02-13 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:53
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10951 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20040… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2004-08-15 00:00
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