{"id":"CVE-2004-0823","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0823","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:21.428Z","title":"OpenLDAP 1.0 through 2.1.19, as used in Apple Mac OS 10.3.4 and 10.3.5 and possibly other operating systems, may allow certain authentication schemes to use hashed (crypt) passwords in the userPassword attribute as if they were plaintext passwords,…","description":"OpenLDAP 1.0 through 2.1.19, as used in Apple Mac OS 10.3.4 and 10.3.5 and possibly other operating systems, may allow certain authentication schemes to use hashed (crypt) passwords in the userPassword attribute as if they were plaintext passwords, which allows remote attackers to re-use hashed passwords without decrypting them.","published":"2004-09-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:06:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["openldap/openldap","apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.02739,"percentile":0.86059,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12491/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17233","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21520","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-157.htm","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4363","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-751.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7148","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11137","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17300","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10703","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12491/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17233","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/21520","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-157.htm","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4363","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-751.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7148","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11137","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17300","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10703","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0823","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}