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CVE-2004-1162
The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via the (1) -rshcmd or (2) -sshcmd flags.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- GLSA-200412-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050115 Re: rssh and scponly arbitrary command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20041202 rssh and scponly arbitrary command execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- scponly-commandline-command-execution(18362) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2004-1160 (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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