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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 1.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.6% 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
- 2004-12-01 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-11-02
- 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
- 36f5994877e561bc2bbfc6368d0568469d80c2cff5e007ab1f5a5826838bf067
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcscope-tmp-race-condition(18125)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2732http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
- www.securityfocus.com20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-07-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- www.securityfocus.com20041117 RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443
- www.securityfocus.com11697http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697
- www.debian.orgDSA-610http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610
- marc.info20041124 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041122-09] cscope insecure temp file creation vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- www.securityfocus.com20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506
- www.securityfocus.com25159http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200412-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml
- secunia.com26235http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cscope Fixed in 15.5-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cscope Fixed in 15.5-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cscope Fixed in 15.5-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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