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CVE-2006-0055

CVE information

Published

18 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

Description

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:release_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -