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CVE-2004-1031

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-01-21 fcron -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2004-1031
Phase Assigned(20041112)

Description

fcronsighup in Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions allows local users to bypass access restrictions and load an arbitrary configuration file by starting an suid process and pointing the fcronsighup configuration file to a /proc entry that is owned by root but modifiable by the user, such as /proc/self/cmdline or /proc/self/environ.

References

Source Reference
IDEFENSE 20041115 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Fcron
GENTOO GLSA-200411-27
BID 11684
XF fcron-fcronsighup-restrictions-bypass(18076)