temporary file vulnerabilities in various ghostscript scripts.
Published Oct 20, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.3
- 4.3.2
- 5.10.10
- 5.10.10
- 5.10.10_1
- 5.10.10_1
- 5.10.12cl
- 5.10.15
- 5.10.16
- 5.10cl
- 5.50
- 5.50.8
- 5.50.8_7
- 6.51
- 6.52
- 6.53
- 7.0.4
- 7.0.5
- 7.0.6
- 7.0.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
ghostscript-0:7.05-32.1.10
Fixed · RHSA-2005:081
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ghostscript-0:7.05-32.1.10 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:081 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00474) | 38.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00474) | 37.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00032) | 5.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 18.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.19/SCOSA-2006.19.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.23/SCOSA-2006.23.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136321 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16997 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19799 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20056 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-081.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11285 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0967 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=140074 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0967
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10284 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0967
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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