CVE-2004-0916

Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

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-2004-0916 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.59%). EPSS rose +1.65% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0916

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 1.94% 3.59% +1.65%
2 2025-03-30 2.16% 1.94% -0.22%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.16% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0916

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0916

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0916

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0916 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cabextract), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0916

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0916

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cabextract_project cabextract 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cabextract_project cabextract 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0916

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