CVE-2004-2572 — AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2) a large number of characters in the Lookup field on the netaddressbook.php web form, which reveals the path in an ldaplib.php error message when the ldap_search function fails, due to improper processing of the $keyword variable

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AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2) a large number of characters in the Lookup field on the netaddressbook.php web form, which reveals the path in an ldaplib.php error message when the ldap_search function fails, due to improper processing of the $keyword variable

Published Nov 22, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.70%

Description

AMAX Magic Winmail Server 3.6 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by entering (1) invalid characters such as "()" or (2) a large number of characters in the Lookup field on the netaddressbook.php web form, which reveals the path in an ldaplib.php error message when the ldap_search function fails, due to improper processing of the $keyword variable.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.70% 0.01704

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

EPSS probability 0.01704

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.70% (0.01704)	76.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.70% (0.01704)	74.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.67% (0.00674)	69.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	5.17% (0.05175)	92.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	0.64% (0.00644)	79.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 13, 2024	0.76% (0.00760)	80.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.54% (0.00536)	76.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.54% (0.00538)	73.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	69.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/ldaplib/ldaplib.php%20reveal%20local%20path%20of%20Winmail%203.6%20webmail%20directory.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/11015
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.magicwinmail.net/download/english-help.chm
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/4118
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9786
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15361
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/ldaplib/ldaplib.php%20reveal%20local%20path%20of%20Winmail%203.6%20webmail%20directory.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/11015		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.magicwinmail.net/download/english-help.chm		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.osvdb.org/4118		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9786		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15361		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 22, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 22, 2005

Link CVE-2004-2572

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-2572

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-2572