CVE-2004-0405

CVS before 1.11 allows CVS clients to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in filenames via CVS client requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0180.

Published: 2004-06-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0405 is rated Moderate Risk (49.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.35%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0405

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.41% 2.35% +0.95%
2 2025-12-21 0.98% 1.41% +0.42%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.98% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0405

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0405

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0405

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2004-0405 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0405
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0405: 1 GLSA(s) (200404-13), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/cvs); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0405
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0405
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0405 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cvs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0405

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0405

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cvs cvs <= 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0405

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