Vulnerability in Itcorp Ispell

CVE-2001-1276

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2001-1276: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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