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CVE-2004-0916: cabextract_project cabextract

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0916DSA-574-1
Published 19-11-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0916 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in cabextract_project cabextract. EPSS estimates a 3.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-11-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Cabextract_project1 product
Debian1 product
  • cabextract< 1.1-1 | < 0.2-2b

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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