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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]…
Low2.1EPSS 0.89%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 41% 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 (6)
- fedora-imswitch-symlink(16682) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 12037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 7772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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 .