CVE-2004-1349

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.

Published: 2004-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1349 is rated Low Risk (24/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1349

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 0.11% 0.59% +0.48%
2 2025-03-30 0.15% 0.11% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1349

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1349

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1349

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2004-1349 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gzip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1349

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1349

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu gzip < 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 8 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1349

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/12744 Not Applicable Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57600-1&searchclause=security Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11318 Broken Link Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654 Not Applicable
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