01 Record
CVE-2004-2778
Ebuild in Gentoo may change directory and file permissions depending on the order of installed packages, which allows local users to read or write to restricted directories or execute restricted
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Ebuild in Gentoo may change directory and file permissions depending on the order of installed packages, which allows local users to read or write to restricted directories or execute restricted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-06-27 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-28
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 35d2e3c5793fad23e5e1e8ebb4582abc24cf09462be72ff3296f70c943ace535
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141619
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170128 Re: Gentoo: order of installed packages may result in vary directories permissions, leading to crontab not requiring cron group membership as example.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/28/7
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58611
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607426
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396153
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607430