CVE-2004-1000
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.
Published:Jan 10, 2004
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jan 19, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00072
CVSS Score:2.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Debian
Product
Lintian
Debian
Lintian
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
