Vulnerability CVE-2001-0556
Published: 2001-08-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Nedit -> Nedit 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html
http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
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