CVE-2004-2303 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-08-16

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mtools:mformat:3.9.9:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2295	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00631.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:016
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9746
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15317

History

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Subscriptions

Mtools Mformat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:22:13.618Z

Reserved: 2005-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2303

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:09:24.320

Link: CVE-2004-2303

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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