CVE-2004-2611 describes a vulnerability in the Change Permissions function of the Sophster suite, including Sophster, FreeSophster, and FreeSophsterPAM, prior to version 0.9.6 28 May 2004. This flaw causes the removal of setuid, setgid, and sticky bits when file permissions are modified, potentially enabling attackers to escalate privileges or perform unauthorized actions. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to partial impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.5_r8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5_r10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5_r12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.5_r15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.5_r15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9.6_r1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steven_schaefer:sophster:0.9.6_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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