CVE-2002-0377

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-0377
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-05-29 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionGaim 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.57 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - Vuln-Dev - Gaim abritary Email Reading - From smackenzsdf.lonestar.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
'Gaim abritary Email Reading' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ISS X-Force Database: gaim-email-access (9061): Gaim chat client insecure /tmp files could allow an attacker to access a user`s Hotmail account af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
Gaim Sensitive World Readable Temporary File Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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