PT-2004-2707 · Metamail · Metamail

Shaun Colley + 1 · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1808

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 metamail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns a lack of verification of the output file before writing to it in Extcompose in metamail. This allows local users to potentially overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1808

Affected Products

Metamail

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1808 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9850 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460 · Note