CVE-2004-1000 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

Published: 2005-01-19

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.2_0.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0998	lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00072.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/13771
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Lintian

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.504Z

Reserved: 2004-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1000

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-01-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1000

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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