{"id":"CVE-2004-1038","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-1038","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:58.059Z","title":"A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater…","description":"A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit.  NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.","published":"2005-03-01T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:06:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ieee/firewire ieee"],"epss":{"score":0.00483,"percentile":0.41343,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://storm.net.nz/projects/16","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489257/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489269/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18041","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://storm.net.nz/projects/16","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489257/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489269/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18041","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1038","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}