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CVE-2004-1901

Published: May 10, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 71.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

portagegentoo
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxgentoo
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
gentoooss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gentoo linux

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11305
secunia.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060
securityfocus.com
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Timeline

Published
May 10, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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