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CVE-2004-2615
The documentation for CuteNews 1.3.6 and possibly other versions specifies that files under cutenews/data must be manually given…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 1011099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 9385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040829 CuteNews News.txt writable to world (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cutenews-newstxt-world-writable(17161) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-2615)Record last updated .