CVE-2004-2502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:im-switch:im-switch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2493	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00343.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Im-switch Im-switch

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.627Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2502

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:09:46.417

Link: CVE-2004-2502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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