Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 6, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0395
CVE-2004-0395
Description
The xatitv program in the gatos package does not properly drop root privileges when the configuration file does not exist, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a system call.
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References
3- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-509nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10437nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16273nvd
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