Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1263 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in ChangePassword

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
changepassword

Summary

changepassword.cgi in ChangePassword 0.8, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "make" program.