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CVE-2004-1179
The debstd script in debmake 3.6.x before 3.6.10 and 3.7.x before 3.7.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.39%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 67% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The debstd script in debmake 3.6.x before 3.6.10 and 3.7.x before 3.7.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days 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)
- 0.39% · top 67% 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
5
- 12078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041223 [USN-49-1] debmake vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- DSA-615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 13633 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- debmake-debstd-symlink(18646) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2004-1176 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-1179)Record last updated .