VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0233
Utempter allows device names that contain ..
LOW 2.1EPSS 1.09%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.09% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sgi/propack · utempter/utempter · slackware/slackware linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.