CVE-2004-1184

The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Published: 2005-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1184 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1184

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 0.94% 1.18% +0.24%
2 2025-03-30 1.17% 0.94% -0.23%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.17% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1184

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1184

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1184 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (enscript), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1184
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1184
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1184 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (enscript), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu enscript 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu enscript 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:enscript:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:spa:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.3:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.2:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1184

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012965
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-654 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:033
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-040.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419768/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12329
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19012
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9658
https://usn.ubuntu.com/68-1/
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