Vulnerability in Cscope
CVE-2004-0996
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cscope — versions 13.0, 15.1, 15.3
- Gentoo Linux
- SCO Unixware — versions 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4
- Debian Linux — versions 3.0
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611 (mailing-list)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506 (mailing-list)