CVE-2006-6939
N/A
Published: January 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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