CVE-2004-1185
Enscript 1.6.3 does not sanitize filenames, which allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames.
02 Description
Enscript 1.6.3 does not sanitize filenames, which allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames.
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
- 4.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% 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
- Low. 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
- 2005-01-29 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-12-13
- 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
- afa892dcda3ac2985f5f3edce5bf05b4d84414ed0e0746ce045ed5f1d72199ba
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA:152892http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419768/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com12329http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12329
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10808https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10808
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:033http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:033
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-68-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/68-1/
- securitytracker.com1012965http://securitytracker.com/id?1012965
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- www.debian.orgDSA-654http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-654
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- www.securityfocus.com20060526 rPSA-2006-0083-1 enscripthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435199/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comenscript-filename-command-execution(19029)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19029
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:040http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-040.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-03http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- enscript Fixed in 1.6.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- enscript Fixed in 1.6.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- enscript Fixed in 1.6.4-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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