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CVE-2004-0279

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

AIM Sniff (aimSniff.pl) 0.9b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/AS.log.

Affected products

• Aim Sniff: 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.9b

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662243303439&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9653
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15199
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662243303439&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9653
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15199

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