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CVE-2004-1263

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1263 describes a local arbitrary code execution vulnerability in ChangePassword 0.8's changepassword.cgi script when installed setuid. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the PATH environment variable to execute a malicious "make" program. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring only local access and low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:changepassword:changepassword:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:changepassword:changepassword:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:changepassword:changepassword:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:changepassword:changepassword:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:changepassword:changepassword:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 36th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18593
tigger.uic.edu / ~jlongs2/holes/changepassword.txt