CVE-2004-0276

monkey-project/monkey < 0.8.1 - Denial of Service via Malformed HTTP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0276. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a denial of service vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon triggered by HTTP GET requests lacking a 'Host' header field. The server requires a restart to recover functionality.

Description

The get_real_string function in Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a sequence of "%" characters and a missing Host field.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23686

The exploit describes a denial of service vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon triggered by HTTP GET requests lacking a 'Host' header field. The server requires a restart to recover functionality.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Monkey HTTP Daemon
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652610506968&w=2
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9642
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/monkeydos.zip
Product x_refsource_confirm
http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/3921
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15187

Scores

EPSS 0.0373
EPSS Percentile 88.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (11)
monkey-project/monkey 0.1.1
monkey-project/monkey 0.5.2
monkey-project/monkey 0.6.0
monkey-project/monkey 0.6.1
monkey-project/monkey 0.6.2
monkey-project/monkey 0.6.3
monkey-project/monkey 0.7.0
monkey-project/monkey 0.7.1
monkey-project/monkey 0.7.2
monkey-project/monkey 0.8.0
... and 1 more
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026