CVE-2004-1185: GNU Enscript

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Enscript 1.6.3 does not sanitize filenames, which allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames.

Affected products

• GNU Enscript: version 1.3.0 only; version 1.4.0 only; version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 1.6.2 only; …

Published 2005-01-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.