CVE-2004-0600

Exp

Buffer overflow in the Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 3.0.2 to 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid base-64 character during HTTP basic authentication.

Published: 2004-07-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0600 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.44%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0600

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
364 exploit_db edb 2004-07-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0600

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 59.61% 29.44% -30.17%
2 2025-03-30 65.25% 59.61% -5.63%
3 2025-03-29 65.25%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0600

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-2004-0600

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0600

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0600 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (samba), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0600
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0600
suse high https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0600/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0600

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
samba samba 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.2a cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
samba samba 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 1.5 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trustix secure_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0600

URL Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000851
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000854
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109051340810458&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109051533021376&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109052647928375&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109052891507263&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109053195818351&w=2
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-21.xml
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:071
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_22_samba.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-259.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0039/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16785
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11445
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