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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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.36%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20020512 Gaim abritary Email Reading (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4730 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20020511 Gaim abritary Email Reading (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- gaim-email-access(9061) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .