CVE-2004-1039

The NFS mountd service on SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, and 7.0.1, and possibly other versions, when run from inetd, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of requests, which causes inetd to launch a separate process for each request.

Published: 2005-01-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1039 is rated Moderate Risk (45.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.76%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1039

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 0.73% 0.76% +0.03%
2 2024-12-17 0.84% 0.73% -0.11%
3 2023-12-27 — 0.84% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1039

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1039

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sco openserver 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1039

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