CVE-2013-1444
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
02 Description
A certain Debian patch for txt2man 1.5.5, as used in txt2man 1.5.5-2, 1.5.5-4, and others, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/2222.
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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.2% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2013-09-30 20:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-01-26
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c61c06b189ad046b46ab89bd06c38c8368a6b95f34fd253d2ac0432eaf3a9ff6
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=724614
- osvdb.org97769http://osvdb.org/97769
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20130925 [notification] txt2man unsafe use of tempoarary fileshttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/660
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1979-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1979-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- txt2man Fixed in 1.5.5-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- txt2man Fixed in 1.5.5-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- txt2man Fixed in 1.5.5-4.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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