CVE-2004-1162

Exp

The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via the (1) -rshcmd or (2) -sshcmd flags.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1162 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1162

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1162

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 0.65% 1.93% +1.28%
2 2025-03-30 0.90% 0.65% -0.25%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.90% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1162

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1162

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1162

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1162: 1 GLSA(s) (200412-01), 2 atom(s) (app-shells/rssh, net-misc/scponly); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1162
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1162 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (scponly), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1162

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1162

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scponly scponly 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.9 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux — cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1162

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