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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2004-0430 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in AppleFileServer for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Logi…

published 2004-05-06 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0429

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
41.3%
EPSS 41.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in AppleFileServer for Mac OS X 10.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LoginExt packet for a Cleartext Password User Authentication Method (UAM) request with a PathName argument that includes an AFPName type string that is longer than the associated length field.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9931)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

41.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/osx/afp/loginext AppleFileServer LoginExt PathName Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2004-05-03
  • EDB-16863 AppleFileServer (OSX) - LoginExt PathName Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-9931 AppleFileServer 10.3.3 (OSX) - LoginEXT PathName Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2004-03-03
  • EDB-391 Apple Mac OSX 10.3.3 - AppleFileServer Overflow Remote Code Execution remote, 2004-08-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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