Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0977

Title: PostgreSQL make_oidjoins_check script arbitrary file overwrite via symlink

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-0977.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 09, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0977: The make_oidjoins_check script in PostgreSQL 7.4.5 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Impacted Vendors

postgresql 1

anynines 1

Reference Links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136300 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109910073808903&w=2 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-16.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-577 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:149 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-489.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11295 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11360 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-6-1/ http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136300 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109910073808903&w=2 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-16.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-577 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:149 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-489.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11295 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11360 https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-6-1/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0977 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 09, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.