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CVE-2004-2523

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2523 describes a format string vulnerability in the msg command of OpenFTPD versions 0.30.2 and earlier. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into the message argument. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring authentication but allowing for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for remote shell and overflow exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.30.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.29.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.29.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.30.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-373 · Aug 4, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0540 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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 0.1 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html
Patch
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/12174
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
ExploitPatch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16843
openftpd.org / openftpd
osvdb.org / 8261
securityfocus.com / bid/10830
ExploitPatch