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CVE-2004-2579

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2579 describes a vulnerability in the ACLCHECK module of Novell iChain 2.3, allowing attackers to bypass access control rules. This is achieved through an unspecified attack vector involving "overlong UTF-8 encoding" within a string. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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/12366
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17132
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
osvdb.org / 9266
securityfocus.com / bid/11061
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