CVE-2004-1808
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-05-10 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:07
Severity ?
Summary
Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
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