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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-10-06 21:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 720d9c3f8b56a998cc27a6ee88bf0712d49740d992c563a5784e0663becde098
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comimwheel-race-condition(17082)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082
- securitytracker.com1011049http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049
- secunia.com12349http://secunia.com/advisories/12349
- www.securityfocus.com11008http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008
- www.caughq.orghttp://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt
- imwheel.sourceforge.nethttp://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt
- archives.neohapsis.com20040820 CAU-2004-0002 - imwheel Predictable PidFile Name Race Conditionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html
- www.osvdb.org9111http://www.osvdb.org/9111
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- imwheel Fixed in 1.0.0pre12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- imwheel Fixed in 1.0.0pre12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- imwheel Fixed in 1.0.0pre12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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