CVE-2004-1445

Severity: low (CVSS 3.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A race condition in nessus-adduser in Nessus 2.0.11 and possibly earlier versions, if the TMPDIR environment variable is not set, allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

Nessus: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+7)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xml
http://www.nessus.org/nessus_2_0.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10784
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16768
http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xml
http://www.nessus.org/nessus_2_0.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10784
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16768

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