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CVE-2004-0524
Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root…
High10.0EPSS 4.6%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 11415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20040427 Re: Squirrelmail Chpasswod bof (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 10166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- squirrelmail-chpasswd-binary-bo(15889) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20040417 Squirrelmail Chpasswod bof (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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