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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2004-1184 json

The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

published 2005-01-21 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1181

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The EPSF pipe support in enscript 1.6.3 allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Patch / fix

  • enscript Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.6.4-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1184

  • enscript RHEL 4 1.6.1-28.3
  • enscript RHEL 3 1.6.1-24.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:040RHSA-2005:039

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-1184 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 enscript 1.6.1-24.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 enscript 1.6.1-24.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:039
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 enscript 1.6.1-28.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 enscript 1.6.1-28.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:040
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 enscript 1.6.1-24.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:039
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 enscript 1.6.1-28.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:040
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 enscript 1.6.1-24.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:039
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 enscript 1.6.1-28.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:040

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Exploit prediction

1.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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