{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2004-1808", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20040312 Metamail 'extcompose' script Symlink Vulnerability", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107910934926062&w=2" }, { "name": "9850", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9850" }, { "name": "metamail-extcompose-symlink(15460)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15460" } ] } }