Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0793
CVE-2004-0793
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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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:bsdmainutils:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: >=6.0, <=6.0.14
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11077nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17162nvd
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