CVE-2004-0217 (GCVE-0-2004-0217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-03-16 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.
Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2004-02-16 00:00
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