01 Record
CVE-2004-1894
TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.4% 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
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- 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
- 004db037b293e57069680d377ae59e8c7f198721f80c21e4ad16c872601fb30b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1009661http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661
- marc.info20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtexutil-symlink-attack(15728)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728
- www.securityfocus.com10042http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042
- lists.grok.org.uk20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html