{"id":"CVE-2004-2458","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-2458","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:09.875Z","title":"Open WebMail 2.30 and earlier, when use_syshomedir is disabled or create_syshomedir is enabled, creates new directories before authenticating, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary directories.","description":"Open WebMail 2.30 and earlier, when use_syshomedir is disabled or create_syshomedir is enabled, creates new directories before authenticating, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary directories.","published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:09:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["open webmail/open webmail"],"epss":{"score":0.01351,"percentile":0.71323,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patch","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11334","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwebmail.org/openwebmail/download/cert/patches/SA-04:02/openwebmail.pl.patch","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11334","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10087","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15822","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2458","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."}