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CVE-2004-1469

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the log function in SUS 2.0.2, and other versions before 2.0.6, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument that is passed directly to syslog.

Affected products

• Peter D. Gray Sus: 2.0, 2.0.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517782910407&w=2
• http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES
• http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-09-01
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-17.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11176
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17361
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109517782910407&w=2
• http://pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES
• http://security.lss.hr/index.php?page=details&ID=LSS-2004-09-01
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-17.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11176
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17361

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