CVE-2004-2534

Exp

Fastream NETFile Server 7.1.2 does not properly handle keep-alive connection timeouts and does not close the connection after a HEAD request, which allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (connection consumption) by sending a large number HTTP HEAD requests.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2534 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.36%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-2534

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1220 exploit_db edb 2005-09-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2534

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 2025-12-01 6.21% 7.36% +1.15%
2 2025-03-30 4.79% 6.21% +1.42%
3 2025-03-29 4.79%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2534

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2534

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2534

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fastream netfile_server 6.5.1.980 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:6.5.1.980:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 6.5.1.981 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:6.5.1.981:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 6.7.2.1085 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:6.7.2.1085:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 6.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:6.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 6.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:6.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 7.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fastream netfile_server 7.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:fastream:netfile_server:7.1.2:*:professional:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2534

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