{
    "id": "CVE-2004-0524",
    "published": "2004-08-06 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:05:48",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.",
    "epss_score": "0.04610",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91417",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "thiago_melo_de_paula",
            "product": "change_passwd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "417",
            "title": "SquirrelMail - 'chpasswd' Local Privilege Escalation (Brute Force)",
            "date": "2004-08-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/417"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "273",
            "title": "SquirrelMail - 'chpasswd' Local Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2004-04-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/273"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/11415",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10166",
        "http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108222863917958&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108311782032370&w=2",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/11415",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10166",
        "http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=117",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15889"
    ]
}