Vulnerability in Im-Switch
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16682 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/12037 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
- www.osvdb.org/7772 (Exploit, vdb-entry)