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CVE-2001-0556
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:nedit:nedit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237
- http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html