CVE-2004-1727

BadBlue 2.5 - Denial of Service via Excessive Connections

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1727. PoCs published by GulfTech Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in BadBlue v2.52 Web Server by flooding it with multiple simultaneous TCP connections. It includes a check to verify if the server is down and a cleanup function to terminate connections.

Description

BadBlue 2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refuse HTTP connections) via a large number of connections from the same IP address.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by GulfTech Security · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/419

This Perl script demonstrates a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in BadBlue v2.52 Web Server by flooding it with multiple simultaneous TCP connections. It includes a check to verify if the server is down and a cleanup function to terminate connections.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: BadBlue Web Server v2.52
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · Perl environment
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10983
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12346
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109309119502208&w=2
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00043-08202004
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17064

Scores

EPSS 0.0306
EPSS Percentile 85.9%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
working_resources_inc./badblue 2.50
Published Aug 20, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026