CVE-2004-1484
Format string vulnerability in the _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the _msg function in error.c in socat 1.4.0.3 and earlier, when used as an HTTP proxy client and run with the -ly option, allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a syslog message.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Socat 1.4.0.2 - Not SETUID Local Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 591local, linuxpublished 23 Oct 2004Verified
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://www.nosystem.com.ar/advisories/advisory-07.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 12936 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/advisory/socat-adv-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 11505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- socat-format-string(17822) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200410-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2004-1478 (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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