CVE-2004-1894

medium

Description

TEXutil in ConTEXt, when executed with the --silent option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on texutil.log.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15728

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10042

http://securitytracker.com/id?1009661

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108118755923319&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00079