4.6
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0440

Published: 18/08/2003 Updated: 11/10/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and previous versions, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 and possibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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semi semi 1.14.3

debian debian linux 3.0

Vendor Advisories

NOTE: due to a combination of administrative problems, this advisory was erroneously released with the identifier "DSA-337-1" DSA-337-1 correctly refers to an earlier advisory regarding gtksee semi, a MIME library for GNU Emacs, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files This bug could potentially be exploited t ...