CVE Catalog

CVE-2004-2265

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in UUDeview 0.5.20 and earlier is due to insecure handling of temporary files during decoding. The attack vectors and impact are unknown.

Risk Assessment

Insecure handling of temporary files could allow an attacker to escalate privileges or compromise system integrity, but the specific risk has not been determined.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update UUDeview to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability, or apply temporary mitigations to restrict access to temporary files.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

UUDeview 0.5.20 and earlier handles temporary files insecurely during decoding, with unknown attack vectors and impact.

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