Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2502. PoCs published by SEKINE Tatsuo.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a symbolic link attack against im-switch due to insecure temporary file handling. It creates multiple symbolic links in /tmp to exploit predictable filenames, potentially leading to privilege escalation or DoS.
Description
im-switch before 11.4-46.1 in Fedora Core 2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imswitcher[PID] temporary file.
Exploits (1)
This exploit demonstrates a symbolic link attack against im-switch due to insecure temporary file handling. It creates multiple symbolic links in /tmp to exploit predictable filenames, potentially leading to privilege escalation or DoS.