CVE-2004-0422

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16027

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0421

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-07-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00084