CVE-2004-2496 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The HTTP daemon in OpenText FirstClass 7.1 and 8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service availability loss) via a large number of POST requests to /Search.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 9.15% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| opentext | opentext firstclass |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OpenText FirstClass 8.0 - HTTP Daemon /Search Remote Denial of Service | 2004-12-15 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-12/0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13415
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012478
- http://www.osvdb.org/12350
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18424
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-12/0321.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13415
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012478
- http://www.osvdb.org/12350
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18424
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