Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2004-1894 | First vendor Publication | 2004-12-31 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-20 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1894 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 16999 | ConTEXt TEXutil --silent Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite ConTEXt TEXutil contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The issue is due to the texutil.pl script creating temporary files insecurely. It is possible for a user to use a symlink style attack to manipulate arbitrary files, resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:22:41 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:06:26 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:16:05 |
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| 2017-07-11 12:01:40 |
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| 2016-10-18 12:01:29 |
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| 2016-06-28 23:49:14 |
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| 2013-05-11 11:46:47 |
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