Vulnerability CVE-2001-1276
Published: 2001-06-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.2/10
2.9/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Itcorp -> Ispell 

 References:
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/IMNX-2001-62-004-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99317439131174&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-058.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-074.html
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