CVE-2004-0279: Aim Sniff

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AIM Sniff (aimSniff.pl) 0.9b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/AS.log.

Affected products

• Aim Sniff Aim Sniff: version 0.6 only; version 0.7 only; version 0.8 only; version 0.9 only; version 0.9b only

Published 2004-11-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.