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CVE-2004-1170

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

a2ps 4.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename.

Affected products

• GNU A2Ps: 4.13, 4.13b
• Sun Java Desktop System: 2.0, 2003
• Suse Linux: 8, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/1026.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/283134
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110598355226660&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12375
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57649-1&searchclause=
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:140
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_34_xfree86_libs_xshared.html
• http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5MP0N2KDPA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419765/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11025
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17127
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/1026.html

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