What is CVE-2004-0217?

CVE-2004-0217 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2004-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2004-0217?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine

CVE-2004-0217

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.

Published 2004-04-15 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine — versions 4.0, 4.3
Red Hat Linux

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-0217?: CVE-2004-0217 is a high-severity vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2004-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2004-0217?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.