CVE-2004-0494
Multiple extfs backend scripts for GNOME virtual file system (VFS) before 1.0.1 may allow remote attackers to perform certain unauthorized actions via a gnome-vfs URI.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple extfs backend scripts for GNOME virtual file system (VFS) before 1.0.1 may allow remote attackers to perform certain unauthorized actions via a gnome-vfs URI.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.63% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- avaya/cvlan · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/linux advanced workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/9.3/i386/suse/i586/gnome-vfs-1.0.5-816.2.i586.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-373.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1944
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16897
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9854
- http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/suse/9.3/i386/suse/i586/gnome-vfs-1.0.5-816.2.i586.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-373.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1944
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16897
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9854
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.