CVE-2004-1000

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18808

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-630

http://secunia.com/advisories/13771

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-01-10

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium