CVE-2004-0793
N/A
Published: September 14, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBsdmainutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
The calendar program in bsdmainutils 6.0 through 6.0.14 does not drop root privileges when executed with the -a flag, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a calendar event file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109396230317359&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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