CVE-2004-1452
N/A
Published: February 13, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/12296/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16993Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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