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CVE-2004-1808

Summary
Assigner-mitre
Assigner Org ID-8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At-10 May, 2005 | 04:00
Updated At-08 Aug, 2024 | 01:07
Rejected At-
Credits

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.

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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
cve.org
Assigner:mitre
Assigner Org ID:8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca
Published At:10 May, 2005 | 04:00
Updated At:08 Aug, 2024 | 01:07
Rejected At:
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

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.

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TypeCWE IDDescription
textN/An/a
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References
HyperlinkResource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
Hyperlink: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
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References
HyperlinkResource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
Resource:
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
x_transferred
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
x_transferred
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
Resource:
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
x_transferred
Information is not available yet
▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
nvd.nist.gov
Source:cve@mitre.org
Published At:31 Dec, 2004 | 05:00
Updated At:03 Apr, 2025 | 01:03

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
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Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.02.1LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 2.1
Base severity: LOW
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CPE Matches
metamail_corporation
metamail_corporation
>>metamail>>2.7
cpe:2.3:a:metamail_corporation:metamail:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
NVD-CWE-OtherPrimarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
Organization : Red Hat
Last Modified : 2009-06-01T00:00:00

The Red Hat Security Response Team rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 but due to the low severity will not be fixed. metamail was not shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2cve@mitre.org
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850cve@mitre.org
N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460cve@mitre.org
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A

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