CVE-2004-1390

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the PPPoE daemon (PPPoEd) in QNX RTP 6.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) -F, (2) name, (3) en, (4) upscript, (5) downscript, (6) retries, (7) timeout, (8) scriptdetach, (9) noscript, (10) nodetach, (11) remote_mac, or (12) local_mac flags.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1390 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.57%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +15.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1390

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1390

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 2025-12-30 9.60% 25.57% +15.97%
2 2025-04-19 8.13% 9.60% +1.46%
3 2025-03-30 8.13%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1390

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-2004-1390

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1390

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx rtos 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 4.25 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.0a cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtp 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtp:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1390

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