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CVE-2004-1808

Published: Dec 31, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1808
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Metamail Metamail_corporation 2.7 (including) 2.7 (including)

References

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