CVE-2004-1185 describes a critical vulnerability in Enscript version 1.6.3, where the software fails to properly sanitize filenames. This flaw allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands by supplying specially crafted filenames. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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