CVE-2004-2298 — Novell Internet Messaging System (NIMS) 2.6 and 3.0, and NetMail 3.1 and 3.5, is installed with a default NMAP authentication credential, which allows remote attackers to read and write mail store data if the administrator does not change the credential by using the NMAP Credential Generator

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Novell Internet Messaging System (NIMS) 2.6 and 3.0, and NetMail 3.1 and 3.5, is installed with a default NMAP authentication credential, which allows remote attackers to read and write mail store data if the administrator does not change the credential by using the NMAP Credential Generator

Published Aug 5, 2005

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.51%

Description

Novell Internet Messaging System (NIMS) 2.6 and 3.0, and NetMail 3.1 and 3.5, is installed with a default NMAP authentication credential, which allows remote attackers to read and write mail store data if the administrator does not change the credential by using the NMAP Credential Generator.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.51% 0.01508

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01508

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.51% (0.01508)	73.48th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.51% (0.01508)	71.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.38% (0.00378)	57.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.48% (0.00480)	76.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 24, 2024	0.53% (0.00529)	76.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.45% (0.00445)	74.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.38% (0.00376)	72.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.39% (0.00390)	72.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.57% (0.01565)	85.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://secunia.com/advisories/13377
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10095545.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/12234
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/13377		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10095545.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.osvdb.org/12234		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 5, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Aug 5, 2005

Link CVE-2004-2298

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-2298

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-2298