CVE-2004-0992

critical

Description

Format string vulnerability in the -a option (daemon mode) in Proxytunnel before 1.2.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid proxy answer.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17945

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0990

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11592

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-07.xml

http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/news.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-03-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H