THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2004-0408
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0408

Ident2 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the child_service function in the ident2 ident daemon allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Affected vendor
Michael Bacarella
Affected product
Ident2
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2004-09-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-0408

  • Confirm whether Michael Bacarella Ident2 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-0408.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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