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CVE-2004-1851
Dameware Mini Remote Control 4.1.0.0 uses insufficiently random data to create the encryption key, which makes it easier for remote…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Dameware Mini Remote Control 4.1.0.0 uses insufficiently random data to create the encryption key, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via brute force guessing.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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)
- 1.1% · top 33% 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
- 20030323 Dameware Passes Weak File Encryption Key in the Clear (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1009557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 4547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 9957 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- dameware-random-generator-weak(15587) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2004-1844 (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-2004-1851)Record last updated .