Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-1167
CVE-2004-1167
Description
mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.89
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