CVE-2004-0233 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Utempter, affecting various distributions including SGI and Slackware. This flaw allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on device names, leveraging applications that trust utmp or wtmp files. With a CVSS score of 2.1, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and user interaction for a partial integrity impact. While an ExploitDB entry exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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