CVE-2001-0556

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 22, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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