CVE-2004-2768

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: yes
Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

dpkg 1.9.21 does not properly reset the metadata of a file during replacement of the file in a package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid file, (2) setgid file, or (3) device, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.

Affected products

Debian dpkg: 1.9.21

References

http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html
http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428
http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html
http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428

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