CVE-2004-2303
MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files.
02 Description
MTools Mformat before 3.9.9, when installed setuid root, creates files with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to read and overwrite files.
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
- 0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.0% 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
- 2005-08-16 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-16
- 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
- 3768f2f1045b609fe4a8c58b579bd1bc672baa01237b6e912c562acce8944006
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:016http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:016
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commtools-mformat-insecure-permissions(15317)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15317
- www.securityfocus.com9746http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9746
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mtools Fixed in 3.9.9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mtools Fixed in 3.9.9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mtools Fixed in 3.9.9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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