CVE-2004-0217

VendorsymantecProductantivirus scan engineDiscoveredApr 15, 2004UpdatedApr 16, 2026

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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CVSS v3.1

7 HIGH

EPSS

0.46%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

CVSS v3.1 Detail

Attack VectorLOCAL

Attack ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

ScopeUNCHANGED

ConfidentialityHIGH

IntegrityHIGH

AvailabilityHIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Connections

2 relationships

CWE-59

source

Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Apr 15, 2004

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 16, 2026