CVE-2006-6939
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-01-17 00:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 38c03d556f02451900eb3ebca0f96586904b5b0a4af8c7c85aa47dd64e9b3a78
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgnued-opensbuf-symlink(30374)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:023http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
- www.trustix.org2007-0005http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
- secunia.com23832http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
- secunia.com23857http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-099http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
- secunia.com23848http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
- www.securityfocus.com22129http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
- fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-100http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
- secunia.com24054http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4573http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
- freshmeat.nethttp://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ed Fixed in 0.2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ed Fixed in 0.2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ed Fixed in 0.2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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