CVE-2004-0404
logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/tmp.
02 Description
logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 23.2% 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
- 2004-04-20 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-04-14
- 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
- ae71dc1fb7871f25e2d34243a3b0ec920fd608d34e8fa77942b180de5ab101f9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:155http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:155
- secunia.com11399http://secunia.com/advisories/11399
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlogcheck-directory-symlink(15888)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15888
- www.debian.orgDSA-488http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-488
- www.securityfocus.com10162http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10162
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- logcheck Fixed in 1.1.1-13.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- logcheck Fixed in 1.1.1-13.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- logcheck Fixed in 1.1.1-13.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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