Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2004-1296 is an old groff issue where two helper scripts could mishandle temporary files. A local user could abuse that behavior to overwrite files through a symlink attack. It is mainly relevant to legacy Unix/Linux systems or older package baselines. Exposure is most likely on legacy systems running groff 1.18.1 or unverified vendor backports. Internet-facing exposure is not indicated; the described attacker is local. Treat as a legacy hygiene issue unless affected systems allow untrusted local users. Prioritize patching shared shell servers, build hosts, and multi-user Unix/Linux environments before isolated endpoints. Mitigation focus: Inventory systems for groff 1.18.1 and distro-specific groff packages.; Apply vendor groff security updates where available.; Check Ubuntu, Mandriva, Debian, and current OS vendor guidance..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CVE-2004-1296 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- groff-eqn2graph-pic2graph-symlink(18660)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.