{"id":"CVE-2004-1894","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.","description":"TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.","publishedAt":"2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-08T01:07:48.490Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042","http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:27:02.310Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2004/1xxx/CVE-2004-1894.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2004-1894","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-08T01:07:48.490Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661","name":"1009661","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2","name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728","name":"texutil-symlink-attack(15728)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042","name":"10042","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html","name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2004-04-04T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2004-1894","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1009661","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661"},{"name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2"},{"name":"texutil-symlink-attack(15728)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728"},{"name":"10042","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042"},{"name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","refsource":"FULLDISC","url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661","name":"1009661","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2","name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728","name":"texutil-symlink-attack(15728)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042","name":"10042","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/019777.html","name":"20040404 Texutil symlink vulnerability.","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-08T01:07:48.490Z"}}]}}}