CVE-2004-0536: Tripwire

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in Tripwire commercial 4.0.1 and earlier, including 2.4, and open source 2.3.1 and earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a file name, which is used in the generation of an email report.

Affected products

• Tripwire Tripwire: version 2.2.1 only; version 2.3.0 only; version 2.3.1 only; version 2.3.1.2 only; version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.2 only; …

Published 2004-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.