CVE-2004-1469

HIGH 7.2CVE-2004-1469 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-1469 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting sus (peter d. gray).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.62%, higher than 50.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sus peter_d._gray	`= 2.0= 2.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

Format string vulnerability in the log function in SUS 2.0.2, and other versions before 2.0.6, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument that is passed directly to syslog.

References

marc.info
pdg.uow.edu.au/sus/CHANGES
security.lss.hr/index.php · Exploit
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-17.xml · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/11176 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17361

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