CVE-2004-0107 (GCVE-0-2004-0107)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-03-16 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
The (1) post and (2) trigger scripts in sysstat 4.0.7 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0108.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-053.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.osvdb.org/6884 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2004-03-10 00:00
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