CVE-2004-0972 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the lvmcreate_initrd script within the lvm package, affecting Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and potentially other Linux distributions. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symbolic link attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required for a partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lvm:logical_volume_management_utilities:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lvm:logical_volume_management_utilities:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lvm:logical_volume_management_utilities:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lvm:logical_volume_management_utilities:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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