High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0217
CVE-2004-0217
Description
The LiveUpdate capability (liveupdate.sh) in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 4.0 and 4.3 for Red Hat Linux allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/LiveUpdate.log.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0, 4.3
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662nvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvdExploitMailing List
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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