CVE-2004-0115 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VirtualPC_Services in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.0 through 6.1 allows local attackers to truncate and overwrite arbitrary files, and execute arbitrary code, via a symlink attack on the VPCServices_Log temporary file.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:6.0::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:6.1::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:6.2::mac:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0115	VirtualPC_Services in Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.0 through 6.1 allows local attackers to truncate and overwrite arbitrary files, and execute arbitrary code, via a symlink attack on the VPCServices_Log temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01067.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a021004-1.txt
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-076.shtml
http://www.osvdb.org/3893
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9632
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-005
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15113

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Virtual Pc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:10:03.530Z

Reserved: 2004-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0115

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-0115

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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