CVE-2004-1453 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in GNU glibc versions prior to 2.3.4.20040619, 2.3.3.20040420, and 2.3.2-r10. This flaw allows local users to leverage the LD_DEBUG environment variable with setuid programs to extract sensitive information, specifically the symbols used by the program. The vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and low impact, primarily leading to information disclosure (confidentiality impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB modules. Despite its age and low severity, the CVE has garnered a notable amount of community discussion, with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.