CVE-2004-0422 (GCVE-0-2004-0422)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-06 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI
Summary
flim before 1.14.3 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Emacs user via a symlink attack.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2004-05-01 00:00
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