CVE-2004-2303

published 2004-12-31

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…

Priority P4 10 low 3.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A N

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

10 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	mtools	< mtools 3.9.9 (bookworm)	mtools 3.9.9 (bookworm)
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—
mtools	mformat	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 3.6 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

osv 3.6 LOW

vendor_debian 3.6 LOW

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