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CVE Reference: CVE-2004-1116
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2004-1116

Description:
The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18149

GENTOO
  http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-26.xml


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