CVE-2004-1445

A race condition in nessus-adduser in Nessus 2.0.11 and possibly earlier versions, if the TMPDIR environment variable is not set, allows local users to gain privileges.

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-2004-1445 is rated Low Risk (21.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1445

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% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1445

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1445

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1445

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1445: 1 GLSA(s) (200408-11), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/nessus); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1445

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1445

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nessus nessus 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nessus nessus 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nessus:nessus:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1445

cvelogic Threat Intelligence