Vulnerability in Rob Flynn Gaim
CVE-2002-0377
Gaim 0.57 stores sensitive information in world-readable and group-writable files in the /tmp directory, which allows local users to access MSN web email accounts of other users who run Gaim by reading authentication information from the files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rob Flynn Gaim — versions 0.57
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4730 (vdb-entry)
- gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog (Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q2/0584.html (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9061.php (vdb-entry)