CVE-2004-2458
mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.014 · 71 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.35% (71st) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-22USLLM-inferred
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affected products (7)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 2004-12-31modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patchenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11334enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822enisa_euvd
- http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patchPatchnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11334Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087Patchnvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822nvd
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