CVE-2004-1116 — The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs

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HIGH

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs

Published Dec 1, 2004

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

The init scripts in Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) 23.9 and earlier execute user-owned programs with root privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the programs.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00384

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00384

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	30.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	30.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00046)	11.40th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-26.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18149
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-26.xml		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18149		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 30, 2004

Link CVE-2004-1116

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-1116

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-1116