CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-1452

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in Tomcat before version 5.0.27-r3 on Gentoo Linux sets default permissions on init scripts to tomcat:tomcat, but executes them with root privileges, allowing local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves privilege escalation from a local user in the tomcat group to full root access, potentially leading to system compromise.

Recommendation

Update Tomcat to version 5.0.27-r3 or later, and change the permissions of init scripts to be accessible only by root.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS