GLSA-200405-05Vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml CVE-2004-0233
UTempter 0.5.x - Multiple Local Vulnerabilities
Record summary
CVE-2004-0233 has a selected CVSS score of 2.1; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBUTempter 0.5.x - Multiple Local VulnerabilitiesExploitDB exploitby Steve GrubbNot analyzed1 file
References
111000752Vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1 MDKSA-2004:031Vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031 RHSA-2004:174Vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html RHSA-2004:175Vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html 10178vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178 SSA:2004-110Vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389 utemper-symlink(15904)vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0233 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10115vdb entrysignature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979vdb entrysignature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979