CVE-2004-0256
GNU libtool before 1.5.2, during compile time, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on libtool directories in /tmp.
02 Description
GNU libtool before 1.5.2, during compile time, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on libtool directories in /tmp.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3603ef908fa10c2bfd2bbe66f6b8462f7db40686ddf9914b529913503f6536f4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com9530http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9530
- www.osvdb.org3795http://www.osvdb.org/3795
- www.geocrawler.comhttp://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=3438808&list=405
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibtool-insecure-temp-directory(15017)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15017
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:811http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000811
- www.securityfocus.com20040130 Symlink Vulnerability in GNU libtool <1.5.2http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/352333
- secunia.com10777http://secunia.com/advisories/10777
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libtool Fixed in 1.5.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libtool Fixed in 1.5.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libtool Fixed in 1.5.6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.