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CVE-2004-0792

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0792 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in rsync versions 2.6.2 and earlier, specifically within the sanitize_path function when chroot is disabled. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to read or write arbitrary files on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrew_tridgell:rsync:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrew_tridgell:rsync:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrew_tridgell:rsync:2.3.2_1.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrew_tridgell:rsync:2.3.2_1.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.2_1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:andrew_tridgell:rsync:2.3.2_1.2:*:intel:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0232 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rsync-0:2.5.7-5.3E
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0792Moderate

security flaw

Aug 12, 2004

References

marc.info
marc.info
samba.org / rsync
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10561
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-538
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-17.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_26_rsync.html
trustix.net / errata/2004/0042