CVE-2004-1681 Memory corruption in n/a
Local attackers can exploit buffer overflows in QNX Photon microGUI utilities to gain elevated privileges via long command line arguments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1681?
CVE-2004-1681 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1681?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Qnx Photon Microgui, Qnx Rtp.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1681?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1681 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-1681 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2004-1681 exists.
Public exploit code: 4 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9vfc-272p-57xp.