CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1116

7.2 HIGH Published 2005-01-10 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-01-10
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Affected configurations

• gentoo linux

References