Vulnerability CVE-2004-1808
Published: 2004-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

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
Metamail corporation -> Metamail 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/15460
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2
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