CVE-2004-2477

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DiamondCS Process Guard Free 2.000 allows local users to disable the process guard protection system by overwriting the current Service Descriptor Table (SDT) in \device\physicalmemory with the original SDT found in ntoskrnl.exe.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2477 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 2 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-2004-2477

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2477

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 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.06% -0.97%
2 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2477

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:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2477

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2477

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
diamondcs process_guard_free 2.000 cpe:2.3:a:diamondcs:process_guard_free:2.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2477

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