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CVE-2004-2611

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Steven Schaefer Sophster

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References