CVE-2004-2572

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AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2) a large number of characters in the Lookup field on the netaddressbook.php web form, which reveals the path in an ldaplib.php error message when the ldap_search function fails, due to improper processing of the $keyword variable.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2572 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.03% 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-2004-2572

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2572

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 0.67% 1.70% +1.03%
2 2025-03-30 0.76% 0.67% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 0.76%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2572

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2572

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2572

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
amax_information_technologies magic_winmail_server 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:amax_information_technologies:magic_winmail_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2572

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