1. Home
  2. Vulnerabilities
  3. CVE-2004-2466
5.0
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2004-2466
Easy Chat Server Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS
Description

chat.ghp in Easy Chat Server 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a long username parameter, possibly due to a buffer overflow. NOTE: it was later reported that 2.2 is also affected.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-2466 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Efs_software easy_chat_server
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2004-2466 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-2466.

URL Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0013.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0077.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167892/Easy-Chat-Server-3.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12006 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26461 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58427
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/EasyChatServer1.2-adv.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33326
http://www.osvdb.org/7416 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25328
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67384
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2901
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16629
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36013
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4289
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0013.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0077.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167892/Easy-Chat-Server-3.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12006 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26461 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/58427
http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/EasyChatServer1.2-adv.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33326
http://www.osvdb.org/7416 Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25328
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67384
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2901
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16629
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36013
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4289
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-2466 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-2466 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Profile Photo
JD2344/SecGen_Exploits

A repo containing some built puppet modules for SecGen

Puppet Python HTML Ruby Pascal Shell AutoHotkey

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 30, 2022, 8:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
Profile Photo
Mr-Tree-S/POC_EXP

Some POC_EXP Records.

cve exploit poc python

Python Shell C Perl Go PHP Lua PowerShell

Updated: 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 14, 2022, 6:12 a.m. This repo has been linked 54 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-2466 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-2466 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0013.html
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/0077.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167892/Easy-Chat-Server-3.1-Buffer-Overflow.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/12006
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26461
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/58427
    Added Reference http://www.autistici.org/fdonato/advisory/EasyChatServer1.2-adv.txt
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33326
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/7416
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25328
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67384
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2901
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16629
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36013
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4289
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167892/Easy-Chat-Server-3.1-Buffer-Overflow.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://milw0rm.com/exploits/4289 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4289 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/16629 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36013 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36013 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16629 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

72.51 }} 34.52%

score

0.98714

percentile