CVE-2004-1438

The mod_authz_svn Apache module for Subversion 1.0.4-r1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users, with write access to the repository, to read unauthorized parts of the repository via the svn copy command.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1438 is rated Low Risk (25.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1438

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 0.25% 0.70% +0.46%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.25% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.27%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1438

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1438

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1438

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1438 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (subversion), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1438
gentoo low CVE-2004-1438: 1 GLSA(s) (200407-20), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/subversion); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
subversion subversion 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
subversion subversion 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
subversion subversion 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
subversion subversion 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
subversion subversion 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
subversion subversion 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:subversion:subversion:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1438

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