CVE-2004-1808 Information

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460