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CVE-2004-2458

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Open WebMail 2.30 and earlier, when use_syshomedir is disabled or create_syshomedir is enabled, creates new directories before authenticating, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary directories.

Affected products

• Open Webmail: 1.7, 1.8, 1.71, 1.81, 1.90, 2.30

References

• http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11334
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822
• http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11334
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822

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