CVE-2004-2523
Format string vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message argument.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- OpenFTPd 0.30.1 - message system Remote Shell (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 373remote, linuxpublished 4 Aug 2004Verified
- OpenFTPd 0.30.2 - Remote Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 372remote, linuxpublished 3 Aug 2004Verified
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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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20040803 EXPLOIT for Re: [VSA0402] OpenFTPD format string vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 12174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1010823 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openftpd-ncftpformat-string(16843) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.openftpd.org:9673/openftpd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20040729 [VSA0402] OpenFTPD format string vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 10830 (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-2004-2514 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2523)Record last updated .