CVE-2004-0256 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in GNU libtool versions prior to 1.5.2. During compile time, a local attacker could exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack on libtool directories within the /tmp directory, leading to the overwrite of arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), this vulnerability is considered low severity, requiring local access and user interaction for impact limited to data integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, despite having a relatively high number of community mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtool:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtool:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtool:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtool:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libtool:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.