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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Nedit
  • N/a — versions n/a

References