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CVE-2004-0009
Apache-SSL 1.3.28+1.52 and earlier, with SSLVerifyClient set to 1 or 3 and SSLFakeBasicAuth enabled, allows remote attackers to forge a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Apache-SSL 1.3.28+1.52 and earlier, with SSLVerifyClient set to 1 or 3 and SSLFakeBasicAuth enabled, allows remote attackers to forge a client certificate by using basic authentication with the "one-line DN" of the target user.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- apachessl-default-password(15065) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3877 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040206 [apache-ssl] Apache-SSL security advisory - apache_1.3.28+ssl_1.52 and prior (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-20040206.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20040206 Apache-SSL security advisory - apache_1.3.28+ssl_1.52 and prior (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 9590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0009 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0009)Record last updated .