CVE-2004-2611 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2004-2611

The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

steven schaefer

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Affected Software

sophster
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.5_r8, 0.9.5_r10, 0.9.5_r12, 0.9.5_r15, 0.9.6_r1, 0.9.6_r2, 0.9.6_r3

Timeline

Official Publish: December 4th, 2005
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.