Description
teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.
Published: 2002-06-25
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0889 teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:06.810Z

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0906

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-22T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-0906

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Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-06-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-0906 - Bugzilla

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