CVE-2004-1895 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the YaST Online Update (YOU) component of SuSE Linux versions 8.2 and 9.0. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing them to overwrite that file. This vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and limited impact (partial integrity loss). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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