Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2611
CVE-2004-2611
Description
The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 May 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5), possibly including Sophster, FreeSophster, and FreeSophsterPAM, removes the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, and (3) sticky bits when changing a file, which might allow attackers to gain privileges or conduct other unauthorized activities.
Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.6_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.6_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.6_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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