CVE-2004-0793

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109396230317359&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109396230317359&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162

Timeline

Published: Oct 20, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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