CVE-2004-0884

The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.

Published: 2005-01-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0884 is rated Low Risk (34.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0884

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 0.05% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 2.17% 0.05% -2.13%
3 2022-02-04 — 2.17% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0884

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-2004-0884

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0884

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0884 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cyrus-sasl2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0884
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0884
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (cyrus-sasl2, cyrus-sasl2-heimdal, cyrus-sasl2-mit), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 6, DNE 3, needs-triage 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cyrus sasl 1.5.24 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 1.5.27 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 1.5.28 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyrus sasl 2.1.18_r1 cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0884

URL Tags
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
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