CVE-2004-0524 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd)
Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.
| CVE ID | CVE-2004-0524 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2004-08-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the chpasswd command in the Change_passwd plugin before 4.0, as used in SquirrelMail, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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