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CVE-2004-0524
- Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Description
Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10166
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11415
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10166
- http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889
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