CVE-2004-2433: Altnet Download Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the IsValidFile function in the ADM ActiveX control for Altnet Download Manager 4.0.0.4 and earlier, as used in Kazaa Media Desktop 1.3 through 2.6.4 and Grokkster 1.3 through 2.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long bstrFilepath parameter.

Affected products

• Altnet Altnet Download Manager: up to and including 4.0.0.2; version 4.0.0.4 only
• Grokster Grokster: version 1.3 only; version 1.3.3 only; version 2.6 only
• Kazaa Kazaa Media Desktop: version 1.3 only; version 1.3.1 only; version 1.3.2 only; version 1.6.1 only; version 2.0 only; version 2.0.2 only; …

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.