CVE-2004-0647 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Shorewall versions 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on the temporary 'chains-$$' file. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it indicates low attack complexity and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shorewall:shorewall:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shorewall:shorewall:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shorewall:shorewall:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shorewall:shorewall:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shorewall:shorewall:1.4.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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