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CVE-2004-1452

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2004-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2004-1452
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.44%
Linux

Original NVD 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.