CVE-2003-0578 (GCVE-0-2003-0578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-07-17 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:58
VLAI
Summary
cci_dir in IBM U2 UniVerse 10.0.0.9 and earlier creates hard links and unlinks files as root, which allows local users to gain privileges by deleting and overwriting arbitrary files.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839150004682&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/… mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
Date Public
2003-07-16 00:00
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