CVE-2004-0824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

PPPDialer for Mac OS X 10.2.8 through 10.3.5 allows local users to overwrite system files via a symlink attack on PPPDialer log files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00325.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple Subscribe	Mac Os X Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.5:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0822	PPPDialer for Mac OS X 10.2.8 through 10.3.5 allows local users to overwrite system files via a symlink attack on PPPDialer log files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011175
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4363
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-212.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7148
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11139
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17298

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-14T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.043Z

Reserved: 2004-08-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0824

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0824

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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