CVE-2004-0107

The (1) post and (2) trigger scripts in sysstat 4.0.7 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0108.

Published: 2004-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0107 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0107

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.39% +0.32%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0107

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0107

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0107

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0107 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sysstat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0107
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0107

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0107

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat sysstat 4.0.7-3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:sysstat:4.0.7-3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 4.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sysstat sysstat 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sysstat:sysstat:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0107

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