CVE-2004-1901
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 10, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLinuxPortage
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/11305Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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