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CVE-2004-0793

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2004-10-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Bsdmainutils

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References