CVE-2004-0283 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in Mailmgr version 1.2.3, allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. This is achieved through a symlink attack targeting temporary files like /tmp/mailmgr.unsort, /tmp/mailmgr.tmp, or /tmp/mailmgr.sort. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, despite some community discussion on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mailmgr:mailmgr:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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