CVE-2004-2298

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Novell Internet Messaging System (NIMS) 2.6 and 3.0, and NetMail 3.1 and 3.5, is installed with a default NMAP authentication credential, which allows remote attackers to read and write mail store data if the administrator does not change the credential by using the NMAP Credential Generator.

Affected products

Novell Internet Messaging System: 2.6, 3.0
Novell Netmail: 3.1, 3.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13377
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10095545.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/12234
http://secunia.com/advisories/13377
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10095545.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/12234

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