Vulnerability in Sgi Propack
CVE-2004-0233
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sgi Propack — versions 2.4, 3.0
- Slackware Linux — versions 9.1
- Utempter — versions 0.5.2, 0.5.3
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10115 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html (vendor-advisory)