CVE-2004-0559

LOW 2.1CVE-2004-0559 · Published 20/10/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0559 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting usermin (usermin), webmin (webmin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 30.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
usermin usermin	`= 1.000= 1.010= 1.020= 1.030= 1.040= 1.051= 1.060= 1.070= 1.080`	No fix yet
webmin webmin	`= 1.0.00= 1.0.20= 1.0.50= 1.0.60= 1.0.70= 1.0.80= 1.0.90= 1.1.00= 1.1.10= 1.1.21= 1.1.30= 1.1.40= 1.1.50`	No fix yet

Description

The maketemp.pl script in Usermin 1.070 and 1.080 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files at install time via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.usermin directory.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

usermin

= 1.000= 1.010= 1.020= 1.030= 1.040= 1.051= 1.060= 1.070= 1.080

No fix yet

webmin

= 1.0.00= 1.0.20= 1.0.50= 1.0.60= 1.0.70= 1.0.80= 1.0.90= 1.1.00= 1.1.10= 1.1.21= 1.1.30= 1.1.40= 1.1.50

No fix yet

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