CVE-2004-0395 — The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call

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HIGH

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call

Published Jul 8, 2004

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.41%

Description

The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.41% 0.00410

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00410

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.41% (0.00410)	32.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.41% (0.00410)	32.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00063)	17.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 8, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Apr 13, 2004

Link CVE-2004-0395

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-0395

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-0395