Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:07:48.133Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1808

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-11T01:31:21.937

Link: CVE-2004-1808

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