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CVE-2004-0977

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0977 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the make_oidjoins_check script within PostgreSQL versions 7.4.5 and earlier, as well as several Linux distributions. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) allows an authenticated local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files, leading to potential integrity impacts (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating it is not a widely recognized or exploited threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 7.3.0, < 7.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rh-postgresql-0:7.3.8-2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0977Low

security flaw

Sep 30, 2004

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200410-16.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/17583
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11360
Broken Link
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-6-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-577
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-489.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/11295
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
trustix.org / errata/2004/0050
Third Party Advisory