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CVE-2004-1000

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Debian Lintian: 1.2_0.17.1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/13771
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13771
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808

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