{"cve":"CVE-2004-0970","nvd":{"published":"2005-02-09T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:06:46.050","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.  NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/13131","http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288","http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050","http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt"],"products":["gnu:gzip"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:38:22.000386253+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-0970","score":0.00362,"percentile":0.29987,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}