CVE-2004-1162

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via the (1) -rshcmd or (2) -sshcmd flags.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: all versions
Scponly: 2.0, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, 3.5 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110202047507273&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110581113814623&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11791
http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18362
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110202047507273&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110581113814623&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11791
http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18362

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