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CVE-2004-1808

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Extcompose in metamail does not verify the output file before writing to it, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected Platforms

Metamail Corporation Metamail

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References