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TI-2004-00744 Aliases CVE-2004-0806GHSA-gw49-f4qm-3gcc

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not…

Priority LOW 35Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

cdrecord in the cdrtools package before 2.01, when installed setuid root, does not properly drop privileges before executing a program specified in the RSH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01725 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11VulnerableCdrtools
cpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableCdrtools
  • cpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11 Vulnerable ·Cdrtools
  • cpe:2.3:a:cdrtools:cdrecord:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Cdrtools

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed—
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-0806
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gw49-f4qm-3gcc

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2003-00270 Format string vulnerability in scsiopen.c of the cdrecord program in cdrtools 2.0 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2005-00809 cdrecord before 4:2.0, when DEBUG is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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