Description
The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.
Published: 2001-07-27
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0548 The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.564Z

Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0556

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0556

cve-icon Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0556 - Bugzilla

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