CVE-2004-2398

Netenberg Fantastico De Luxe 2.8 uses database file names that contain the associated usernames, which allows local users to determine valid usernames and conduct brute force attacks by reading the file names from /var/lib/mysql, which is assigned world-readable permissions by cPanel 9.3.0 R5.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2398 is rated Low Risk (17.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2398

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 0.05% 0.34% +0.29%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2398

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2398

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2398

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netenberg fantastico_de_luxe 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:netenberg:fantastico_de_luxe:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2398

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