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CVE-2004-0217

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.

Published

2004-04-15T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	symantec	antivirus_scan_engine	4.0	Yes
Application	symantec	antivirus_scan_engine	4.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	linux	-	No

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2 Exploit, Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)