01 Record
CVE-2004-2504
The GUI in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 7.2 and earlier, including 6.8, executes child processes such as NOTEPAD.EXE with SYSTEM privileges when users create new files, which allows local users with
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The GUI in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 7.2 and earlier, including 6.8, executes child processes such as NOTEPAD.EXE with SYSTEM privileges when users create new files, which allows local users with
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-10-25 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-10-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a83cd610220750cc26c590d2e0dbe6f7354e321f477da38bf77938983219656a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commdaemon-gain-privileges(18287)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18287
- securitytracker.com1012350http://securitytracker.com/id?1012350
- secunia.com13225http://secunia.com/advisories/13225
- archives.neohapsis.com20041129 Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1324.html
- www.osvdb.org12158http://www.osvdb.org/12158
- www.securityfocus.com11736http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11736
- archives.neohapsis.com20041130 Re: Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-11/1353.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20041129 Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0385.html