CVE-2004-0524 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the chpasswd command within the Change_passwd plugin, used by SquirrelMail, allowing local users to achieve root privileges through a crafted long username. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw presents a severe risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.
| 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:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.