CVE-2001-0556

Published Aug 22, 2001

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nedit:nedit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DB06B00B-6372-482D-AB3C-CAE574866B70",
            "versionEndIncluding": "5.1.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References