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CVE-2004-2050

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

eSeSIX Thintune thin clients running firmware 2.4.38 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-ALT-DEL and entering the "maertsJ" password, which is hard-coded into lshell.

Affected products

• Esesix Thintune Extreme: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune L: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune M: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune Mobile: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune S: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune Xm: 2.4.38
• Esesix Thintune Xs: 2.4.38

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109068491801021&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12154
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010770
• http://www.osvdb.org/8248
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10794
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16808
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109068491801021&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12154
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010770
• http://www.osvdb.org/8248
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10794
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16808

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