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CVE-2004-0233

Utempter allows device names that contain ..

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
SgiPropack
Versions 2.4, 3.0
UtempterUtempter
Versions 0.5.2, 0.5.3
SlackwareSlackware Linux
All versions
Version 9.1

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