CVE-2004-2502

im-switch before 11.4-46.1 in Fedora Core 2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imswitcher[PID] temporary file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2004-12-31

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Im-switch (Im-switch)

References

• http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12037
• http://www.osvdb.org/7772
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16682