CVE-2004-2502

no score yetEPSS 0.9%

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.

EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 59% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2004-12-31
Modified: 2026-06-16
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

im-switch:im-switch

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12037
http://www.osvdb.org/7772
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717

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