CVE-2004-0422 describes an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability in GNU Flim versions prior to 1.14.3. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files belonging to the Emacs user through a symbolic link attack. The vulnerability has a low severity score (CVSS 2.1) due to its local attack vector and potential for only partial integrity impact (P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:flim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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