CVE-2004-2698

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2698
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Imwheel Imwheel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 imwheel.sourceforge.net
www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.caughq.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - imwheel Predictable Temporary File May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
IMWheel Predictable Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/9111 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - IMWheel Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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