CVE-2004-2303

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected software

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

References

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:016Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9746Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15317
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:016Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9746Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15317

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2004
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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