CVE-2004-1377

The (1) fixps (aka fixps.in) and (2) psmandup (aka psmandup.in) scripts in a2ps before 4.13 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2004-12-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1377 is rated Low Risk (18.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 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-2004-1377

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% 0.36% +0.29%
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-2004-1377

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-2004-1377

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-1377

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-1377 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (a2ps), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1377
gentoo normal CVE-2004-1377: 1 GLSA(s) (200501-02), 1 atom(s) (app-text/a2ps); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-1377
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-1377
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-1377 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (a2ps), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-1377

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2004-1377

  • Red Hat (2007-03-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1377

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu a2ps 4.13 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu a2ps 4.13b cpe:2.3:a:gnu:a2ps:4.13b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_home — cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_home:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_server 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux_workstation 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1377

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