CVE-2004-1395

Monolith Productions Contract Jack - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1395. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This code is a scanner for CVE-2004-1395, which checks if a Lithtech engine-based game server is vulnerable to a UDP-based denial-of-service (DoS) condition. It sends a malformed packet (zero bytes) and verifies if the server crashes or stops responding.

Description

The Lithtech engine, as used in (1) Contract Jack 1.1 and earlier, (2) No one lives forever 2 1.3 and earlier, (3) Tron 2.0 1.042 and earlier, (4) F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault and Recon), and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection refused) via a UDP packet that causes recvfrom to generate a return code that causes the listening loop to exit, as demonstrated using zero byte packets or packets between 8193 and 12280 bytes, which result in conditions that are not "Operation would block."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb SCANNER VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/683

This code is a scanner for CVE-2004-1395, which checks if a Lithtech engine-based game server is vulnerable to a UDP-based denial-of-service (DoS) condition. It sends a malformed packet (zero bytes) and verifies if the server crashes or stops responding.

Classification
Scanner 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Lithtech engine (Contract Jack <= 1.1, No One Lives Forever 2 <= 1.3, Tron 2.0 <= 1.042)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · UDP port 27888 (or custom) must be open
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/13446/
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/lithsock-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18456
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/17317
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11902
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110297515500671&w=2
Exploit, Patch mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/029932.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0382
EPSS Percentile 88.7%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
monolith_productions/contract_jack 1.1
monolith_productions/no_one_lives_forever_2 1.0.004
monolith_productions/no_one_lives_forever_2 1.3
monolith_productions/tron 2.0.1.0
monolith_productions/tron 2.0.1.42
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026