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The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 4, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 15, 2004
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Feb 4, 2024

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.043%
(10th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2004-0217

GHSA ID

GHSA-4x77-wr7f-56wv

Source code

No known source code

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