CVE-2004-0233

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.

Affected products

Sgi Propack: 2.4, 3.0
Slackware Linux: 9.1
Utempter: 0.5.2, 0.5.3

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.404389
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15904
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10115
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A979
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1

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