CVE-2004-1032

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: 2005-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

fcronsighup in Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions allows local users to delete arbitrary files or create arbitrary empty files via a target filename with a large number of leading slash (/) characters such that fcronsighup does not properly append the intended fcrontab.sig to the resulting string.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: all versions
Thibault Godouet Fcron: 2.0.1, 2.9.4

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-27.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=157&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18077
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-27.xml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=157&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18077

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