CVE-2004-1898

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the administration interface in Monit 1.4 through 4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1898 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 34.46%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.33% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-1898

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
580 exploit_db edb 2004-10-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1898

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 2025-03-30 28.13% 34.46% +6.33%
2 2025-03-29 34.46% 28.13% -6.33%
3 2025-03-17 — 34.46% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1898

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-2004-1898

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1898

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1898 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (monit), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1898

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1898

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tildeslash monit 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tildeslash monit 4.3_beta_2 cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:4.3_beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1898

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