CVE-2004-0217
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2004 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAntivirus Scan Engine· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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