CVE-2004-0976

Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0976 is rated Low Risk (20.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0976

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 0.08% 0.43% +0.35%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0976

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0976

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0976 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0976
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0976
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0976 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (perl), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0976

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2004-0976

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140058 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/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
larry_wall perl 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
larry_wall perl 5.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0976

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