PT-2003-1940 · Ez Ipupdate · Ez-Ipupdate

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-0887

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ez-ipupdate versions 3.0.11b7 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to conduct unauthorized operations via a symlink attack on the ez-ipupdate.cache file. This is due to the creation of insecure temporary cache files.

Recommendations For ez-ipupdate versions 3.0.11b7 and earlier, consider restricting access to the ez-ipupdate.cache file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0887

Affected Products

Ez-Ipupdate

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0887 · Security Note
• http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/SPECS/ez-ipupdate/ez-ipupdate.spec?r1=1.4&r2=1.5 · Note
• http://cvs.mandriva.com/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/SPECS/ez-ipupdate/ez-ipupdate.spec?rev=1.6 · Note