CVE-2004-0430

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 41.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in AppleFileServer for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LoginExt packet for a Cleartext Password User Authentication Method (UAM) request with a PathName argument that includes an AFPName type string that is longer than the associated length field.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.3.3
Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.3.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00049.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11539
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010039
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a050304-1.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/648406
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5QP0115CUO.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16049
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00049.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/11539
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010039
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a050304-1.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/648406

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