CVE-2004-0851

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) write_list and (2) dump_curr_list functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Ulrich Callmeier Net-Acct: 0.6, 0.7, 0.71

References

http://exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109466910232385&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12476
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11125
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283
http://exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patch
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109466910232385&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12476
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11125
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283

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