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CVE-2004-0217

HIGH CVSS: 7.0 Published: 2004-04-15 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Symantec Antivirus Scan EngineRedhat Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References