LOW
TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log
Published May 10, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
- n/a
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.43% 0.00435
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00435
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 2, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 35.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 34.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 20.97th | 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 (5)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitPatch | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 10, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 4, 2005
Link CVE-2004-1894
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a