CVE-2004-0217

HIGH

Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 - Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Attack on LiveUpdate.log

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215

Exploit, Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 32.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

symantec/antivirus_scan_engine 4.0

symantec/antivirus_scan_engine 4.3

Published Apr 15, 2004

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026