{"cve":"CVE-2004-0233","nvd":{"published":"2004-08-18T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:05:13.337","status":"Modified","description":"Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml","http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000752.1-1","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html"],"products":["sgi:propack","slackware:slackware_linux","utempter:utempter"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-0233","score":0.01095,"percentile":0.65558,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}