VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2004-0233

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability1.09%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2004-08-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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