Vulnerability in Debian Lintian
CVE-2004-1000
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Debian Lintian — versions 1.2_0.17.1
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/13771 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630 (vendor-advisory)