CVE-2004-0276 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The get_real_string function in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a sequence of "%" characters and a missing Host field.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.73% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-11-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| monkey-project | monkey |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.x - Missing Host Field Denial of Service | 2004-02-11 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/monkeydos.zip
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652610506968&w=2
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/
- http://www.osvdb.org/3921
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9642
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15187
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/monkeydos.zip
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652610506968&w=2
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/
- http://www.osvdb.org/3921
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9642
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15187
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