LOW
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 Apr 2, 2003
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.36% 0.00363
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00363
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00115) | 27.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q2/0584.html mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102130733815285&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9061.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4730 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2002-q2/0584.html | mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEV | |
| http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102130733815285&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9061.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4730 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 2, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0377
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a