Vulnerability Details CVE-2006-6939
GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.6
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962