CVE-2002-0377: Rob Flynn Gaim

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Gaim 0.57 stores sensitive information in world-readable and group-writable files in the /tmp directory, which allows local users to access MSN web email accounts of other users who run Gaim by reading authentication information from the files.

Affected products

• Rob Flynn Gaim: version 0.57 only

Published 2002-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.