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CVE-2004-0793

Published: Oct 20, 2004 | Modified: Apr 16, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0793
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.2 (including)6.0.2 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.3 (including)6.0.3 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.4 (including)6.0.4 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.5 (including)6.0.5 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.6 (including)6.0.6 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.7 (including)6.0.7 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.8 (including)6.0.8 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.9 (including)6.0.9 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.10 (including)6.0.10 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.11 (including)6.0.11 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.12 (including)6.0.12 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.13 (including)6.0.13 (including)
BsdmainutilsDebian6.0.14 (including)6.0.14 (including)
BsdmainutilsUbuntudapper*
BsdmainutilsUbuntudevel*
BsdmainutilsUbuntuedgy*
BsdmainutilsUbuntufeisty*

References

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