CVE-2004-1391

Exp

Untrusted execution path vulnerability in the PPPoE daemon (PPPoEd) in QNX RTP 6.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious mount program.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1391 is rated Exploit Available (50.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1391

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1391

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 2026-01-01 0.19% 0.26% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.19% -0.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.36% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1391

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-2004-1391

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1391

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx rtos 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.1.0a cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.1a cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.2.1b cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.2.1b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtos 6.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtos:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtp 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtp:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1391

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