CVE-2004-2504: Alt-N MDaemon

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The GUI in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 7.2 and earlier, including 6.8, executes child processes such as NOTEPAD.EXE with SYSTEM privileges when users create new files, which allows local users with physical access to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Alt-N MDaemon: version 6.8.0 only; version 6.8.1 only; version 6.8.2 only; version 6.8.3 only; version 6.8.4 only; version 6.8.5 only; …

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