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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link EDB-24278 · local · Jul 13, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- fedora-imswitch-symlink(16682) vdb-entry
- 10717 vdb-entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt
- 12037 third-party-advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940
- 7772 vdb-entry