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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-2271 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in MiniShare 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2263

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
72.1%
EPSS 72.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in MiniShare 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/minishare_get_overflow)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

72.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/minishare_get_overflow Minishare 1.4.1 Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2004-11-07
  • EDB-16754 MiniShare 1.4.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-05-09
  • EDB-636 MiniShare 1.4.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 2004-11-16
  • EDB-616 MiniShare 1.4.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2004-11-07
  • securiteam.com http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/6X00B1PBPC.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11620 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1012106 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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