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CVE-2004-0996

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Cscope: 13.0, 15.1, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5
• Debian Linux: 3.0
• gentoo Linux: all versions
• Sco Unixware: 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.1.4

References

• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732

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