Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-2698
CVE-2004-2698
Description
Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:imwheel:imwheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:imwheel:imwheel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.0pre11
- (no CPE)range: <=1.0.0pre11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- secunia.com/advisories/12349nvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0914.htmlnvd
- imwheel.sourceforge.net/files/DEVELOPMENT.txtnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.caughq.org/advisories/CAU-2004-0002.txtnvd
- www.osvdb.org/9111nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11008nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17082nvd
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