CVE-2004-0850
Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-0850- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2004-0850- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-0848 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2004-0848- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-38gp-237c-7q54 No score
Star before 1.5_alpha46 does not drop the effective user ID (euid) before calling external...
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.
- Record
GHSA-38gp-237c-7q54- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2004-0850 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Joerg Schilling Star Tape Archiver, published September 24, 2004. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.