CVE-2004-0450 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the printlog function in log2mail before 0.2.5.2 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a logfile monitored by log2mail.

Published: 2004-06-08

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 4.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:log2mail:log2mail:0.2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:log2mail:log2mail:0.2.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:log2mail:log2mail:0.2.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:log2mail:log2mail:0.2.5.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0449	Format string vulnerability in the printlog function in log2mail before 0.2.5.2 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a logfile monitored by log2mail.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04739.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://felinemenace.org/~jaguar/advisories/log2mail.txt
http://osvdb.org/6711
http://secunia.com/advisories/11768
http://secunia.com/advisories/11769
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-513
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10460
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16311

History

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Subscriptions

Log2mail Log2mail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-06-08T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.939Z

Reserved: 2004-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0450

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:05:39.433

Link: CVE-2004-0450

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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