CVE-2004-0423 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting ssmtp versions 2.50.6 and earlier. Attackers can exploit a symlink race condition in the log_event function to overwrite arbitrary files via the ssmtp.log temporary file. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to data integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.50.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ssmtp:ssmtp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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