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CVE-2004-0884

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0884 describes a critical vulnerability in Cyrus-SASL libraries (libsasl and libsasl2) versions 2.1.18 and earlier, affecting products like Conectiva Linux and Cyrus Linux. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the SASL_PATH environment variable to point to malicious programs. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring local access and low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cyrus-sasl-0:2.1.15-10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0884Important

security flaw

Oct 7, 2004

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
bugzilla.fedora.us / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17643
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-563
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-568
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/11347
PatchVendor Advisory
trustix.net / errata/2004/0053