Vulnerability CVE-2006-6939
Published: 2007-01-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> ED 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30374
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
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