CVE-2004-2221

Exp

Buffer overflow in SoftCart.exe in Mercantec SoftCart 4.00b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long parameter in an HTTP GET request.

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-2004-2221 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.47%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2221

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16926 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
10037 exploit_db edb 2004-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2221

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 2026-05-27 77.42% 81.47% +4.04%
2 2025-09-28 76.69% 77.42% +0.73%
3 2025-09-14 — 76.69% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2221

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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: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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2221

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2221

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mercantec softcart 4.00b cpe:2.3:a:mercantec:softcart:4.00b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2221

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