CVE-2004-2473 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

wmFrog weather monitor 0.1.6 and other versions before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wmfrog Subscribe	Wmfrog Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wmfrog:wmfrog:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2464	wmFrog weather monitor 0.1.6 and other versions before 0.2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=294352
http://secunia.com/advisories/13259
http://secunia.com/advisories/25686
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=516070&group_id=67429
http://wmfrog.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/wmfrog/wmfrog/CHANGES
http://www.osvdb.org/12118
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11743
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24504
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2238
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18232
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34924

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-20T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:13.570Z

Reserved: 2005-08-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-2473

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-2473

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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