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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 364 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-07-22 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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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
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0600 |
suse
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high | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |