CVE-2004-2005

Exp

Buffer overflow in Eudora for Windows 5.2.1, 6.0.3, and 6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an e-mail with (1) a link to a long URL to the C drive or (2) a long attachment name.

Published: 2004-05-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2005 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.82%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +12.78% 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-2004-2005

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24096 exploit_db edb 2004-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2005

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 2026-01-08 8.04% 20.82% +12.78%
2 2025-03-30 7.87% 8.04% +0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.87% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2005

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2005

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2005

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm eudora 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm eudora 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2005

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