Vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux
CVE-2004-0559
The maketemp.pl script in Usermin 1.070 and 1.080 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files at install time via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.usermin directory.
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: 0.004 (28.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux — versions 9.2, 10.0
- Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server — versions 2.1
- Usermin — versions 1.000, 1.010, 1.020
- Webmin — versions 1.0.00, 1.0.20, 1.0.50
References
- www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.089.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11153 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/12488/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-15.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17299 (vdb-entry)