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CVE-2004-2504
The GUI in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 7.2 and earlier, including 6.8, executes child processes such as NOTEPAD.EXE with SYSTEM privileges…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.48%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 58% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The GUI in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 7.2 and earlier, including 6.8, executes child processes such as NOTEPAD.EXE with SYSTEM privileges when users create new files, which allows local users with physical access to gain privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.48% · top 58% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- mdaemon-gain-privileges(18287) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1012350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13225 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20041129 Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 12158 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041130 Re: Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20041129 Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2004-2495 (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-2004-2504)Record last updated .