CVE-2004-0996
lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
2 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
1.15% (66th) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-22
main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
2.1
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (2)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-24749Cscope 13.0/15.x - Insecure Temporary File Creation (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-24750Cscope 13.0/15.x - Insecure Temporary File Creation (2)functional · exploit_db
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affected products (11)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-01-10modified 2026-06-16
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references (26)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172enisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610enisa_euvd
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506enisa_euvd
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