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CVE-2004-1946

Format string vulnerability in the PRINT_ERROR function in common.c for Cherokee Web Server 0.4.16 and earlier allows lo

Format string vulnerability in the PRINT_ERROR function in common.c for Cherokee Web Server 0.4.16 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the -C command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue could be exploited remotely, or if Cherokee is running at escalated privileges. Therefore it might not be a vulnerability.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00084
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Affected Products & Versions

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cherokee httpdall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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pocwww.nosystem.com.ar · advisory-03.txtwww.nosystem.com.ar
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Scoring & Timeline

4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD19 Apr 2004 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108249818308672&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15924
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