CVE-2004-0217

lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.46% (40th) EPSS

CVSS 3.7 · low

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.7–7

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 6.4

v3.17highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
symantec antivirus scan engine= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus scan engine= 4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_scan_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2004-04-15modified 2026-06-16

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215 enisa_euvd
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107694800908164&w=2ExploitMailing Listnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9662Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15215Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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