CVE-2004-2148 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2148 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2004-2148 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2148 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2148/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2148/index.md)
A local vulnerability in Fprobe's user change feature allows attackers to escalate privileges on the host system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-2148?
CVE-2004-2148 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown local vulnerability in the "change user" feature of Slava Astashonok Fprobe 1.0.5 and earlier has unknown impact and attack vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2148?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Slava Astashonok Fprobe.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2148?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2004-2148 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2148 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2148, GHSA-g9x7-pr5h-wjrq.