7.5

CVE-2004-1185: gnu enscript

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1185
Published 29-01-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1185 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu enscript. EPSS estimates a 4.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-654-1RHSA-2005:039RHSA-2005:040

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Enscript 1.6.3 does not sanitize filenames, which allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.44%

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

Debian1 product
  • enscript< 1.6.4-6
Gnu1 product
  • enscript1.3.0 | 1.4.0 | 1.5.0 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3

2 vendors · 2 products

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