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CVE-2004-1038 Details

Description

A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit. NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2	CVE
http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf	CVE
http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18041	CVE
http://storm.net.nz/projects/16	CVE
http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf	CVE
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489257/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489269/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html	CVE
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/04/1258210	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109881362530790&w=2	[email protected]
http://md.hudora.de/presentations/firewire/2005-firewire-cansecwest.pdf	[email protected]
http://pacsec.jp/advisories.html	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18041	[email protected]
http://storm.net.nz/projects/16	[email protected]
http://storm.net.nz/static/files/ab_firewire_rux2k6-final.pdf	[email protected]
http://www.sec-consult.com/fileadmin/Whitepapers/Vista_Physical_Attacks.pdf	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489163/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489175/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489189/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489212/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489257/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489269/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489295/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489296/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489322/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489330/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489335/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489342/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html	[email protected]

see all 42 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ieee firewire ieee	1394
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ieee:firewire_ieee:1394:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]