CVE-2004-1681 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in several QNX Photon microGUI utilities (phrelay-cfg, phlocale, pkg-installer, and input-cfg) affecting QNX RTP 6.1. These flaws allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by supplying an excessively long "-s" command-line parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB for all affected utilities, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qnx:photon_microgui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtp:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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