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 name, which is used in the generation of an email report.

Published: 2004-08-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0536 is rated Low Risk (31.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0536

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 2025-03-17 59.31% 0.08% -59.23%
2 2023-05-16 77.32% 59.31% -18.01%
3 2023-03-07 — 77.32% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0536

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0536

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0536

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0536 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tripwire), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0536
gentoo high CVE-2004-0536: 1 GLSA(s) (200406-02), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/tripwire); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0536
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0536
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0536/
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0536 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tripwire), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0536

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0536

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tripwire tripwire 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 2.3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tripwire tripwire 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:tripwire:tripwire:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0536

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