CVE-2004-1170

Exp

a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

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-2004-1170 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.98%, 96th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1170

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24406 exploit_db edb 2004-08-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1170

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 15.59% 15.98% +0.39%
2 2025-03-30 22.74% 15.59% -7.15%
3 2025-03-29 — 22.74% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1170

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1170

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1170

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1170 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (a2ps), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1170
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1170
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1170/
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1170 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (a2ps), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1170

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2004-1170

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1170

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu a2ps 4.13 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps 4.13b cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1170

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