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CVE-2004-0404
logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/tmp.
Low1.2EPSS 0.31%
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- mitre
Description
logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/tmp.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- MDKSA-2004:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 11399 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- logcheck-directory-symlink(15888) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-488 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 10162 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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