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CVE-2004-0996: cscope

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0996DSA-610-1
Published 01-12-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0996 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in cscope. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 01-12-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Cscope 13.0/15.x - Insecure Temporary File Creation (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    Cscope 13.0/15.x - Insecure Temporary File Creation (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Cscope1 product
  • cscope13.0 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.5
Sco1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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