CVE-2004-1681
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) phrelay-cfg, (2) phlocale, (3) pkg-installer, or (4) input-cfg in QNX Photon microGUI for QNX RTP 6.1…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 35% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) phrelay-cfg, (2) phlocale, (3) pkg-installer, or (4) input-cfg in QNX Photon microGUI for QNX RTP 6.1 allow local users to gain privileges via a long -s (server) command line parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- QNX Photon phrelay-cfg - '-s' Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24593dos, unixpublished 13 Sept 2004Verified
- QNX Photon phlocale - '-s' Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24594dos, unixpublished 13 Sept 2004Verified
- QNX Photon input-cfg - '-s' Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24595dos, unixpublished 13 Sept 2004Verified
- QNX Photon pkg-installer - '-s' Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24596dos, unixpublished 13 Sept 2004Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://www.rfdslabs.com.br/qnx-advs-03-2004.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20040913 [RLSA_02-2004] QNX Photon multiple buffer overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- qnx-rtp-photon-bo(17339) (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-2004-1675 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-1681)Record last updated .