PT-2004-2792 · Context · Context

Shaun Colley + 1 · Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1894

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 ConTEXt (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log when TEXutil in ConTEXt is executed with the --silent option.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1894

Affected Products

Context

References · 6

• 🔥 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1894 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10042 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661 · Note