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CVE-2004-2458

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2458 describes a directory creation vulnerability in Open WebMail 2.30 and earlier versions. When specific configuration settings (use_syshomedir disabled or create_syshomedir enabled) are present, the software allows unauthenticated remote attackers to create arbitrary directories on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.71CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_webmail:open_webmail:1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

openwebmail.org / openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patch
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/11334
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15822
securityfocus.com / bid/10087
Patch