Unknown vulnerability in foomatic-rip in Foomatic before 3.0.2 allows local users or remote attackers with access to CUPS to execute arbitrary commands.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0801 is rated Moderate Risk (63.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.31%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 2.55% | 4.31% | +1.75% |
| 2 | 2025-07-12 | 2.11% | 2.55% | +0.44% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 2.11% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2004-0801 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (foomatic-filters), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0801 |
suse
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low | CVE-2004-0801 severity low: SUSE including 27 source package names (hplip-3.11.10-0.6.11.1, hplip-3.11.10-0.6.7.1, …), 65 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (28 product lines)): Fixed 65. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0801/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0801 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (foomatic-filters), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0801 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linuxprinting.org | foomatic-filters | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxprinting.org:foomatic-filters:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxprinting.org | foomatic-filters | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxprinting.org:foomatic-filters:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxprinting.org | foomatic-filters | 3.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxprinting.org:foomatic-filters:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linuxprinting.org | foomatic-filters | 3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:linuxprinting.org:foomatic-filters:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | java_desktop_system | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_desktop_system:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | java_desktop_system | 2003 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_desktop_system:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| conectiva | linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| conectiva | linux | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trustix | secure_linux | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trustix | secure_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |