Security Advisory

CVE-2004-1116

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2004-12-01 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 00:39:00
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.