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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-05T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.818Z

Reserved: 2004-03-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0233

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-08-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-11T01:29:24.637

Link: CVE-2004-0233

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2004-04-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0233 - Bugzilla