CVE-2004-0308

Unknown vulnerability in Cisco ONS 15327 before 4.1(3), ONS 15454 before 4.6(1), ONS 15454 SD before 4.1(3), and Cisco ONS15600 before 1.3(0) allows a superuser whose account is locked out, disabled, or suspended to gain unauthorized access via a Telnet connection to the VxWorks shell.

Published: 2004-11-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0308 is rated High Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.75%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0308

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.42% 1.75% +1.33%
2 2025-03-30 0.79% 0.42% -0.38%
3 2025-03-29 0.79%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0308

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0308

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0308

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.0\(1\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.0\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.0\(2\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.0\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.1\(0\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.1\(0\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.1\(1\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.1\(2\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.1\(3\) cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco optical_networking_systems_software 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:cisco:optical_networking_systems_software:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0308

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