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CVE-2004-0559

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The maketemp.pl script in Usermin 1.070 and 1.080 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files at install time via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.usermin directory.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.2, 10.0
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 2.1
• Usermin: 1.000, 1.010, 1.020, 1.030, 1.040, 1.051 (+3)
• Webmin: 1.0.00, 1.0.20, 1.0.50, 1.0.60, 1.0.70, 1.0.80 (+7)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/12488/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-15.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11153
• http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.089.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17299
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12488/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-15.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11153
• http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.089.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17299

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