VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-0793

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-10-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

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