The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1, and other operating systems, allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0967 is rated Moderate Risk (42.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 0.04% | 0.47% | +0.43% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.55% | 0.04% | -1.50% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0967 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2004-0967 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gs-common), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0967 |
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140074 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 4.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.10 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.10 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10:*:mdk:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.10_1 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.10_1 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10_1:*:mdk:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.12cl | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.12cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.15 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10.16 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.10cl | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10cl:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.50 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.50.8 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.50.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 5.50.8_7 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.50.8_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 6.51 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:6.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 6.52 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:6.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 6.53 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:6.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 7.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 7.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 7.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| aladdin_enterprises | ghostscript | 7.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |