CVE-2004-0923
CUPS 1.1.20 and earlier records authentication information for a device URI in the error_log file, which allows local users to obtain user names and passwords.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
CUPS 1.1.20 and earlier records authentication information for a device URI in the error_log file, which allows local users to obtain user names and passwords.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- easy software products/cups · apple/mac os x · apple/mac os x server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Oct/msg00000.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-002.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-566
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557062Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:116
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-543.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11324Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17593
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10710
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2004/Oct/msg00000.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-002.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-566
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557062Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:116
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-543.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11324Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17593
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10710
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.