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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2004-1000 json

lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitra…

published 2004-01-10 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0998

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.

Patch / fix

  • lintian Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.23.6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1000

Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.