MEDIUM
shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file
Published Jul 13, 2004
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3a
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00340
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00340
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 18.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-announce/2004-June/000385.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:080 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16651 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-announce/2004-June/000385.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-07.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:080 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16651 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 13, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 9, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0647
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a