security flaw
Published Jan 29, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.18%
Description
The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- core_2.0
- core_3.0
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 7.3
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
enscript-0:1.6.1-24.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:039
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
enscript-0:1.6.1-28.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:040
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | enscript-0:1.6.1-24.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:039 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | enscript-0:1.6.1-28.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:040 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01181) | 66.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01181) | 63.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 74.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 1.77% (0.01767) | 87.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 69.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 65.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012965 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-654 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:033 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-040.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419768/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435199/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12329 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1184 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617391 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19012 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1184
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9658 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/68-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1184
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.