CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-0655

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in eupdatedb in esearch 0.6.1 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the esearchdb.py.tmp temporary file.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can overwrite or create arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data corruption.

Recommendation

Update esearch to a version later than 0.6.1 that includes a fix for temporary file attacks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

eupdatedb in esearch 0.6.1 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the esearchdb.py.tmp temporary file.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS