VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0160
Synaesthesia 2.2 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the configuration file.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Synaesthesia 2.2 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the configuration file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- synaesthesia/synaesthesia
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-446Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9713Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15279
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-446Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9713Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15279
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.