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CVE-2004-2677

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2677 is a format string vulnerability affecting QwikMail SMTP (qwik-smtpd) version 0.3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting format specifiers into specific SMTP fields, potentially through HELO and hostname arguments. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-620) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qwikmail:qwikmail_smtp:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-620 · Nov 9, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0644 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

qwikmail.sourceforge.net / smtpd/qwik-smtpd-0.3.patch
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/13037
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17917
unl0ck.info / advisories/qwik-smtpd.txt
securityfocus.com / archive/1/460600/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/11572
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0687