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CVE-2004-1349: gnu gzip Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
Published 19-01-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1349 is a low (CVSS 2.1) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in gnu gzip. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
9/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-01-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
Oracle1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

6 links