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

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2004-2303: Low severity, CVSS 3.6 | Vulnix