CVE-2004-2073 describes a critical vulnerability in Linux-VServer 1.24, allowing a local user with root privileges on a virtual server to escape the chroot environment and access the host filesystem. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog and with no reported active exploitation, public exploit code exists, specifically a modified chroot-again exploit leveraging the chmod command, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.