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CVE-2003-0455: The imagemagick libmagick library 5.5 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local us...

The imagemagick libmagick library 5.5 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.

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ImageMagick's libmagick library 5.5 and earlier used temporary files in an unsafe way. On affected systems, a local user could create or overwrite files they should not control. This mainly matters for shared servers, hosting environments, and systems where untrusted local workloads can run ImageMagick. Exposure is most plausible on legacy Unix/Linux systems still running ImageMagick libmagick 5.5 or earlier, especially multi-user hosts or services that invoke ImageMagick for local users or untrusted jobs. Prioritize remediation where old ImageMagick deployments remain on shared or multi-tenant systems. For modern, patched environments, urgency is lower, but legacy estate validation is still warranted. Mitigation focus: Inventory ImageMagick and libmagick versions across legacy systems.; Follow vendor guidance in the Red Hat, Debian, or OpenPKG advisories.; Upgrade or replace affected packages where vendor-fixed packages are available..

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