CVE-2004-0393
Format string vulnerability in the msg function for rlpr daemon (rlprd) 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 17.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the msg function for rlpr daemon (rlprd) 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a buffer that can not be resolved, which is provided to the syslog function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Rlpr 2.04 - 'msg()' Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 307remote, linuxpublished 25 Jun 2004Verified
- Rlpr 2.0 - 'msg()' Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24223remote, linuxpublished 19 Jun 2004Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.4% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 20040624 Rlpr Advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10578 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- rlpr-msg-format-string(16453) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0393 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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