CVE-2004-1032

fcronsighup in Fcron 2.0.1, 2.9.4, and possibly earlier versions allows local users to delete arbitrary files or create arbitrary empty files via a target filename with a large number of leading slash (/) characters such that fcronsighup does not properly append the intended fcrontab.sig to the resulting string.

Published: 2005-03-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1032 is rated Low Risk (18.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1032

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 0.06% 0.36% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1032

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-2004-1032

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1032

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1032 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fcron), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1032

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1032

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thibault_godouet fcron 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thibault_godouet fcron 2.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1032

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