The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files
Published Jan 19, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- n/a
- 7.0
- 8.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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:N/I:P/A:N
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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00362) | 27.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00362) | 27.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.41th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13641 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1377 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1377
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1377
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13641 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12108 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12109 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/9168253c-5a6d-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1377 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18671 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18672 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1377 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1377 |
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