Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-1070

RCE

Title: Linux kernel load_elf_binary sensitive memory modification RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-1070.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jan 10, 2005
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.51%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-1070: The load_elf_binary function in the binfmt_elf loader (binfmt_elf.c) in Linux kernel 2.4.x up to 2.4.27, and 2.6.x up to 2.6.8, does not properly check return values from calls to the kernel_read function, which may allow local users to modify sensitive memory in a setuid program and execute arbitrary code.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 1
R
redhat 4
F
fedoraproject 1
L
linux 1
T
trustix 1
E
engardelinux 1
T
turbolinux 1
N
novell 1
U
ubuntu 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11646 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18025 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9450 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060402-01-U http://secunia.com/advisories/19607 http://secunia.com/advisories/20162 http://secunia.com/advisories/20163 http://secunia.com/advisories/20202 http://secunia.com/advisories/20338 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1067 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1069 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1070 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082 http://www.isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0017-binfmt_elf.txt http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:022 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-504.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-505.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-549.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11646 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2336 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18025 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9450
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-1070 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.