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CVE-2004-1452

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Tomcat before 5.0.27-r3 in Gentoo Linux sets the default permissions on the init scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but executes the scripts with root privileges, which could allow local users in the tomcat group to execute arbitrary commands as root by modifying the scripts.

Affected Platforms

Gentoo Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References