CVE-2004-0647
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-$$ temporary file.
02 Description
shorewall 1.4.10c and earlier, and 2.0.x before 2.0.3a, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the chains-$$ temporary file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-07-13 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-07-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c95ab3ef54a89ebff9368f41c7b73aff7dc89672d8aba6e2b0b8012461b1e75a
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comshorewall-symlink(16651)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16651
- lists.shorewall.net[Shorewall-announce] 20040628 URGENT: Shorewall Security Vulnerabilityhttp://lists.shorewall.net/pipermail/shorewall-announce/2004-June/000385.html
- www.mandrakesecure.netMDKSA-2004:080http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:080
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200407-07http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-07.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- shorewall Fixed in 2.0.3a
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- shorewall Fixed in 2.0.3a
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- shorewall Fixed in 2.0.3a
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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