CVE-2004-1808 (GCVE-0-2004-1808)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-05-10 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:07
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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