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CVE-2004-2611
The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 May 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5), possibly including Sophster, FreeSophster,…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 May 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5), possibly including Sophster, FreeSophster, and FreeSophsterPAM, removes the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, and (3) sticky bits when changing a file, which might allow attackers to gain privileges or conduct other unauthorized activities.
Timeline
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By mitre
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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% 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: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 6657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1010431 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- sophster-change-permissions-file-access(16359) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.schaefer.dhcp.biz/CHANGELOG.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2004-2602 (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-2004-2611)Record last updated .