VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-2698
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.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- imwheel/imwheel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html
- http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12349Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049
- http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/9111
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html
- http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12349Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049
- http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/9111
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.