HIGH
eupdatedb in esearch 0.6.1 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the esearchdb.py.tmp temporary file
Published Jul 13, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
eupdatedb in esearch 0.6.1 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the esearchdb.py.tmp temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
OR
- 0.3.1
- 0.4
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.34% 0.00337
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00337
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 24.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00337) | 25.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-01.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10644 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16584 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-01.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10644 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 13, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 9, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0655
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a