LOW
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 Oct 25, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.89%
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.
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:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.89% 0.00888
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00888
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 57.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00888) | 54.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00208) | 41.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12037 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/7772 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16682 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12037 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/7772 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16682 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 25, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 25, 2005
Link CVE-2004-2502
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a