CVE-2004-0536
Format string vulnerability in Tripwire commercial 4.0.1 and earlier, including 2.4, and open source 2.3.1 and earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a file
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in Tripwire commercial 4.0.1 and earlier, including 2.4, and open source 2.3.1 and earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a file
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-06-08 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-06-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- edfa057be2f78edca2364348c24122ae1ad0e18385b991e99faa801c3d880485
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtripwire-fprintf-format-string(16309)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16309
- marc.info20040603 Re: Format String Vulnerability in Tripwirehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108630983009228&w=2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:244http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-244.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200406-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-02.xml
- marc.info20040602 Format String Vulnerability in Tripwirehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627481507249&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com10454http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10454
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tripwire Fixed in 2.3.1.2.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tripwire Fixed in 2.3.1.2.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tripwire Fixed in 2.3.1.2.0-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.