CVE-2004-0851

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The (1) write_list and (2) dump_curr_list functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109466910232385&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12476Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11125Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283
http://exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109466910232385&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/12476Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11125Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283

Timeline

Published: Sep 8, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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