CVE-2004-1946

Published Apr 19, 2004

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Format string vulnerability in the PRINT_ERROR function in common.c for Cherokee Web Server 0.4.16 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -C command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue could be exploited remotely, or if Cherokee is running at escalated privileges. Therefore it might not be a vulnerability.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "206E827E-38BC-476C-90AF-65941BFB128A"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References