CVE-2004-0970
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2004-10-19 CVE Reserved
- 2004-10-20 CVE Published
- 2024-08-08 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
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References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13131 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt | X_refsource_misc | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 | Vdb Entry |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288 | 2017-07-11 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588 | 2017-07-11 | |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 | 2017-07-11 |