CVE-2004-0524

high

Description

Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889

http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117

http://secunia.com/advisories/11415

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-08-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03907

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