Vulnerability in Shorewall
CVE-2004-0647
shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (26.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Shorewall — versions 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16651 (vdb-entry)
- lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-announce/2004-June/000385.html (mailing-list)
- www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php (vendor-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-07.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)