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CVE-2004-1895
YaST Online Update (YOU) in SuSE 8.2 and 9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on you-$USER/cookies.
Low2.1EPSS 0.35%
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- mitre
Description
YaST Online Update (YOU) in SuSE 8.2 and 9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on you-$USER/cookies.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 72% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20040405 SuSEs YaST Online Update - possible symlink attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 11300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- suse-you-symlink(15731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040406 Re: SuSEs YaST Online Update - possible symlink attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1009668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 4985 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 10047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .