CVE-2004-2502 - im-switch before 11.4-46.1 in Fedora Core 2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a sy

CVE-2004-2502

Summary

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.

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

Vulnerable Configurations

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

CVSS

Base:	2.1 (as of 11-07-2017 - 01:31)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

refmap via4

bid	10717
confirm	http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940
misc	http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt
osvdb	7772
secunia	12037
xf	fedora-imswitch-symlink(16682)

Last major update

11-07-2017 - 01:31

Published

31-12-2004 - 05:00

Last modified

11-07-2017 - 01:31