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CVE-2004-1144

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1144 describes an unknown vulnerability within the 32-bit emulation code of the Linux 2.4 kernel when running on AMD64 systems. This flaw allows local users to escalate their privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered highly severe, requiring local access but having low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. Despite the lack of active exploitation intelligence, community discussion is notably high with 10 mentions, indicating significant interest.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-27.0.1.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-1144Important

security flaw

Dec 22, 2004

References

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18686
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10439
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-689.html