CVE-2004-0851 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Net-Acct versions prior to 0.71, specifically within the write_list and dump_curr_list functions. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact, only partial integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ulrich_callmeier:net-acct:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ulrich_callmeier:net-acct:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ulrich_callmeier:net-acct:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.