CVE-ID

CVE-2001-0556

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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)

Proposed (Legacy)
20010727
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