THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2004-1304
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-1304

File vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ELF header parsing code in file before 4.12 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ELF file.
Affected vendor
File
Affected product
File
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2005-01-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether File File is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-1304.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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