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CVE-2004-0422

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

flim before 1.14.3 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Emacs user via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• GNU Flim: through 1.14.2

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16027
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16027

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