VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1167
mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.08%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.08% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gentoo/mirrorselect
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13392/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13392/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.