CVE-2004-2496 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HTTP daemon of OpenText FirstClass versions 7.1 and 8.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a large number of POST requests to the /Search endpoint, leading to service unavailability. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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