Vulnerability CVE-2004-0233
Published: 2004-08-18   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Utempter -> Utempter 
Slackware -> Slackware linux 
SGI -> Propack 

 References:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
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