CVE-2004-0233
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 1.1%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 5
1st PoCApr 19
exploitation probability
1.1%top 37% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/24027⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xmlhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389