CVE-2004-2615 Misconfiguration in n/a
Local attackers can modify or delete news and potentially escalate privileges due to insecure world-writable permissions on data files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2615?
CVE-2004-2615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The documentation for CuteNews 1.3.6 and possibly other versions specifies that files under cutenews/data must be manually given world-writable permissions, which allows local users to insert false news, delete news, and possibly gain privileges or have other unknown impact.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2615?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cutephp Cutenews.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2615?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2615 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-2615 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2615 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8f2r-wvm7-v573.