CVE-2004-1274 — The DownloadLoop function in main.c for greed 0.81p allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GRX file containing a filename with shell metacharacters

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The DownloadLoop function in main.c for greed 0.81p allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GRX file containing a filename with shell metacharacters

Published Dec 22, 2004

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 4.58%

Description

The DownloadLoop function in main.c for greed 0.81p allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GRX file containing a filename with shell metacharacters.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

4.58% 0.04581

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

EPSS probability 0.04581

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	4.58% (0.04581)	91.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	4.58% (0.04581)	90.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	3.04% (0.03039)	85.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.11% (0.01109)	85.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 29, 2023	1.11% (0.01109)	82.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.12% (0.01118)	82.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.68% (0.04679)	89.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	88.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.68% (0.04679)	74.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/greed.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18634
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/greed.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18634		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 22, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Dec 20, 2004

Link CVE-2004-1274

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-1274

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-1274