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CVE-2004-2388

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2388 describes a critical vulnerability in the rexecd service on IBM AIX 4.3.3, where improper handling of the pwd structure during authentication could lead to incorrect privilege assignment. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

secunia.com / advisories/11085
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15455
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-102.shtml
ExploitVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 4248
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/9835
Patch