CVE-2004-0996

Published Jan 10, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

Hype score
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Vendor comments

  • Red HatNot vulnerable. cscope packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 contain a backported patch since their first release.

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