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CVE-2004-0967

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0967 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting the ESP Ghostscript package (espgs), specifically in Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1, and potentially other operating systems. This flaw allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files created by the pj-gs.sh, ps2epsi, pv.sh, and sysvlp.sh scripts. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating that a low-complexity local attack can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10:*:mdk:*:*:*:*:*
5.10.10_1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: ghostscript-0:7.05-32.1.10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0967Low

temporary file vulnerabilities in various ghostscript scripts.

Sep 30, 2004

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.19/SCOSA-2006.19.txt
ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.23/SCOSA-2006.23.txt
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/16997
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17135
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19799
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20056
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17583
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10284
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-3-1
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-081.html
securityfocus.com / bid/11285
PatchVendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2004/0050