mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with…
Priority LOW 27Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0208 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 9
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.80 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.81 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.82 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.83 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.84 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.85 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.86 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.87 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
| cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.88 | Vulnerable | gentoo |
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.80 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.81 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.82 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.83 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.84:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.84 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.85 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.86:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.86 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.87 Vulnerable ·gentoo
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:mirrorselect:0.88:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.88 Vulnerable ·gentoo
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2004-1167
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gxr4-jw92-m3vp
References
Patch 1
Sources
- CVE-2004-1167 · CVE Program
- CVE-2004-1167 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gxr4-jw92-m3vp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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