Vulnerability in Tetex
CVE-2001-0906
teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (59.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785 (vdb-entry)
- download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)