Vulnerability in Nedit
CVE-2001-0556
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (41.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237 (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html (vendor-advisory)