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CVE-2004-0204

Affected software9 products, listed below
Severity7.5 High CVSS 2.0
Published6 Aug 2004
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web viewers for Business Objects Crystal Reports 9 and 10, and Crystal Enterprise 9 or 10, as used in Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager, Microsoft Business Solutions CRM 1.2, and other products, allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the dynamicimag argument to crystalimagehandler.aspx.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2004-05-03.
  • EPSS 72% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Business Objects Crystal Reports 9/10 Web Form Viewer - Directory Traversal 2004-05-03

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

9 products, 13 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd bea weblogic server generic 8.1 · 8.1:sp1 · 8.1:sp2
nvd borland software j builder generic any version
nvd businessobjects crystal enterprise generic 9 · 10
nvd businessobjects crystal enterprise java sdk generic 8.5
nvd businessobjects crystal enterprise ras generic 8.5
nvd businessobjects crystal reports generic 9 · 10
nvd microsoft business solutions crm generic 1.2
nvd microsoft outlook generic 2003
nvd microsoft visual studio .net generic 2003:gold

References

URLTags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108360413811017&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108671836127360&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/11800
http://support.businessobjects.com/fix/hot/critical/bulletins/security_bulletin_june04.asp
http://www.osvdb.org/6748
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10260 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16044
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1157

Timeline

Published2004-08-06By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.