CVE-2004-1469

high

Description

Format string vulnerability in the log function in SUS 2.0.2, and other versions before 2.0.6, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument that is passed directly to syslog.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17361

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-1463

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11176

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-17.xml

http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-09-01

http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517782910407&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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