CVE-2004-2303
LowPublished
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...
- Published
- Aug 16, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 25, 2004
Primary CVSS
3.6/ 10Low
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N0.6%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 48.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Sebastian Krahmer · linux · Feb 25, 2004
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