MEDIUM
Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file
Published Oct 6, 2007
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid 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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.47% 0.00466
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00466
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 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 38.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00466) | 36.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00183) | 37.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 79.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 77.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.05% (0.02046) | 56.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12349 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.osvdb.org/9111 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/12349 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/9111 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 6, 2007
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 6, 2007
Link CVE-2004-2698
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a