CVE-2004-0996 (GCVE-0-2004-0996)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-12-01 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 00:39
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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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