CVE-2004-1681

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) phrelay-cfg, (2) phlocale, (3) pkg-installer, or (4) input-cfg in QNX Photon microGUI for QNX RTP 6.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a long -s (server) command line parameter.

Published: 2004-08-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1681 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.05%). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2004-1681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24596 exploit_db edb 2004-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗
24593 exploit_db edb 2004-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗
24594 exploit_db edb 2004-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗
24595 exploit_db edb 2004-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1681

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 0.14% 1.05% +0.92%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.14% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 0.15%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1681

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qnx photon_microgui cpe:2.3:a:qnx:photon_microgui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qnx rtp 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:qnx:rtp:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1681

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