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CVE-2004-0115 (GCVE-0-2004-0115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
VirtualPC_Services in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.0 through 6.1 allows local attackers to truncate and overwrite arbitrary files, and execute arbitrary code, via a symlink attack on the VPCServices_Log temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/3893 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9632 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-076.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKE
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2004-02-10 00:00
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