PT-2004-1742 · Esearch · Ke Search

Published 2004-07-13 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0655

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions esearch version 0.6.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the esearchdb.py.tmp temporary file.

Recommendations For esearch version 0.6.1 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as a temporary workaround, restrict access to the eupdatedb function in esearch to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0655

Affected Products

Ke Search

References · 4

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0655 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10644 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16584 · Note