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CVE-2004-0233

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
18/08/2004
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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