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CVE-2004-0579

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0579 describes a format string vulnerability in the 'super' utility, affecting versions prior to 3.23 on Debian Linux. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:william_deich:super:3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16458
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-522
PatchVendor Advisory