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CVE-2004-0976
Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- RHSA-2005:881 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- script-temporary-file-overwrite(17583) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18075 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2004-0050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9752 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:152845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2005.001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 17661 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0974 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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