LOW
lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack
Published Jan 19, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
Affected products
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.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00350
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00350
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 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.24th | 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://secunia.com/advisories/13771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13771 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 19, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Nov 2, 2004
Link CVE-2004-1000
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a