PT-2004-1433 · Aim Sniff · Aim Sniff

Published 2004-03-18 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AIM Sniff (aimSniff.pl) version 0.9b

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/AS.log file.

Recommendations For AIM Sniff (aimSniff.pl) version 0.9b, consider restricting access to the /tmp/AS.log file to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0279

Affected Products

Aim Sniff

References · 4

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9653 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0279 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15199 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662243303439&w=2 · Note