CVE-2004-1270

Exp

lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.

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-2004-1270 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). 1 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-2004-1270

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1270

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 0.04% 0.11% +0.06%
2 2023-03-07 1.10% 0.04% -1.06%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.10% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1270

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1270

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1270

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1270 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1270
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1270
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1270 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cupsys), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1270

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1270

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.0.4_8 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_2 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_3 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.4_5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.19_rc5 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
easy_software_products cups 1.1.22_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.22_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1270

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