{"id":"CVE-2004-0404","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0404","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:10.152Z","title":"logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/tmp.","description":"logcheck before 1.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary directory in /var/tmp.","published":"2004-07-07T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:05:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":1.2,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["psionic/logcheck"],"epss":{"score":0.00306,"percentile":0.23224,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11399","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-488","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:155","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10162","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15888","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/11399","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-488","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:155","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10162","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15888","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0404","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}