CVE-2004-0851 in Net-Acct

Summary

The (1) write_list and (2) dump_curr_list functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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• Reservation: 09/13/2004
• Disclosure: 09/08/2004
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-22201
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-61 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00072
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0851
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0851
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-0851/