CVE-2004-0233

Exp

Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.

Published: 2004-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0233 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0233

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24027 exploit_db edb 2004-04-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0233

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.21% +0.17%
2 2023-03-07 3.22% 0.04% -3.18%
3 2022-02-04 — 3.22% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0233

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0233

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0233

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0233
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0233/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0233

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi propack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
utempter utempter 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
utempter utempter 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:utempter:utempter:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux — cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0233

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