CVE-2004-2698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.

Published: 2007-10-06

Score: 6.9 Medium

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:imwheel:imwheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2004-2688	Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00213.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html
http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12349
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/9111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082

History

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Imwheel Imwheel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-06T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:36:25.239Z

Reserved: 2007-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2698

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2698

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362

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