CVE-2004-0233

Utempter allows device names that contain .

published May 5, 2004

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01095 · 65.1th percentile
Published
2004-05-05T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAY 04:00Z
    Utempter allows device names that contain .
    cvelistv5