Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program
Published Sep 24, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external programs, which could allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the RSH environment variable to reference a malicious program.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.5_a45
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 35.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 34.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 17.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 48.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 0.12% (0.00122) | 45.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 5.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1011195 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/339089 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11141 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17297 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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