CVE-2004-2698

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Published Oct 6, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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 attack on the imwheel.pid file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:imwheel:imwheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2688	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 attack on the imwheel.pid file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.466% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.html
http://imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/12349
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011049
http://www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/9111
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082

History

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Subscriptions

Imwheel Imwheel

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:36 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 6, 2007, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:36 AM
Reserved: Oct 6, 2007, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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