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CVE-2004-0217

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.

Affected products

• Symantec Antivirus Scan Engine: 4.0, 4.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215

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