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CVE-2004-0430

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0430 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in AppleFileServer for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 10.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
41.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: AppleFileServer LoginExt PathName Overflow · May 3, 2004
ExploitDB: EDB-16863 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4130 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / mhonarc/security-announce/msg00049.html
secunia.com / advisories/11539
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16049
atstake.com / research/advisories/2004/a050304-1.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/648406
US Government Resource
securiteam.com / securitynews/5QP0115CUO.html