| CVE-ID | ||
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CVE-2001-0556 |
• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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| 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. | ||
| References | ||
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| Assigning CNA | ||
| MITRE Corporation | ||
| Date Record Created | ||
| 20010727 | Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE. | |
| Phase (Legacy) | ||
| Proposed (20010727) | ||
| Votes (Legacy) | ||
| ACCEPT(6) Baker, Bishop, Cole, Foat, Williams, Ziese MODIFY(1) Frech NOOP(2) Christey, Wall |
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| Comments (Legacy) | ||
Frech> nedit-print-symlink(6424) Christey> SGI:20011105-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011105-01-P ADDREF BID:2627 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2627 (there are different BID's for the different symlink issues) |
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| Proposed (Legacy) | ||
| 20010727 | ||
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