CVE-2004-0800

Format string vulnerability in CDE Mailer (dtmail) on Solaris 8 and 9 allows local users to gain privileges via format strings in the argv[0] value.

Published: 2004-08-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0800 is rated Low Risk (27.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0800

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.10% +0.05%
2 2023-08-02 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0800

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0800

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0800

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
avaya call_management_system_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:avaya:call_management_system_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avaya call_management_system_server 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:avaya:call_management_system_server:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
avaya call_management_system_server 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:avaya:call_management_system_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun dtmail cpe:2.3:a:sun:dtmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0800

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