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Vulnerability details: VCID-hp2m-xpb9-1yha
Vulnerability ID VCID-hp2m-xpb9-1yha
Aliases CVE-2004-0077
Summary A critical security vulnerability has been found in recent Linux kernels by Paul Starzetz of iSEC Security Research which allows for local privilege escalations.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
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epss 0.00111 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-0077
epss 0.00111 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-0077
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2004-0077.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2004-0077
1617138 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617138
GLSA-200403-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200403-02
OSVDB-3986;CVE-2004-0077 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/154.c
OSVDB-3986;CVE-2004-0077 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/160.c
RHSA-2004:065 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:065
RHSA-2004:066 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:066
RHSA-2004:069 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:069
RHSA-2004:106 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:106
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Feb. 17, 2004
Description Linux Kernel 2.2.25/2.4.24/2.6.2 - 'mremap()' Validator
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Feb. 18, 2004
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date Nov. 23, 2016
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.29537
EPSS Score 0.00111
Published At April 8, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:01:19.250493+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200403-02 38.0.0