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CVE-2004-1296

• 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: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) eqn2graph and (2) pic2graph scripts in groff 1.18.1 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358225615424&w=2
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18660
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286371
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286372
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110358225615424&w=2
• http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18660

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