CVE-2004-1523

Exp

Format string vulnerability in the game console in Hired Team: Trial 2.0 and earlier and 2.200 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a message.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1523 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). 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-2004-1523

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1523

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 0.92% 1.70% +0.78%
2 2025-03-17 1.70% 0.92% -0.78%
3 2024-12-17 1.70%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1523

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1523

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1523

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
new_media_generation hired_team_trial 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:new_media_generation:hired_team_trial:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
new_media_generation hired_team_trial 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:new_media_generation:hired_team_trial:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
new_media_generation hired_team_trial 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:new_media_generation:hired_team_trial:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1523

cvelogic Threat Intelligence