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CVE-2004-1263

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

changepassword.cgi in ChangePassword 0.8, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the PATH environment variable to point to a malicious "make" program.

Affected products

• Changepassword: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+3)

References

• http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/changepassword.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18593
• http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/changepassword.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18593

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