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CVE-2004-1898

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1898 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the administration interface of Monit versions 1.4 through 4.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long username during authentication. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including an ExploitDB entry for remote code execution, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-580 · Oct 17, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1657 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0076.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11304
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15735
osvdb.org / 4981
securityfocus.com / bid/10051
ExploitPatch
tildeslash.com / monit/changes.html
tildeslash.com / monit/secadv_20040305.txt