CVE-2004-1270: easy_software_products cups
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-1270 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in easy_software_products cups. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 22-12-2004PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
lppasswd in CUPS 1.1.22, when run in environments that do not ensure that file descriptors 0, 1, and 2 are open when lppasswd is called, does not verify that the passwd.new file is different from STDERR, which allows local users to control output to passwd.new via certain user input that triggers an error message.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
38%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.45% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (tigger.uic.edu)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- cups< 1.1.22-2
Easy_software_products1 product
- cups1.0.4 | 1.0.4_8 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.4_2 | 1.1.4_3 | 1.1.4_5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1.1.15 | 1.1.16 | 1.1.17 | 1.1.18 | 1.1.19 | 1.1.19_rc5 | 1.1.20 | 1.1.21 | 1.1.22_rc1
Redhat1 product
- fedora_corecore_2.0 | core_3.0
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11507VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
