CVE-2001-1276 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Published: 2002-06-25

Score: 1.2 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:itcorp:ispell:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Linux 5.2
	cpe:/o:redhat:linux:5.2	RHSA-2001:074	2001-07-10T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Linux 6.2
	cpe:/o:redhat:linux:6.2	RHSA-2001:074	2001-07-10T00:00:00Z

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1257	ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00092.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/6.2/updates/IMNX-2001-62-004-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99317439131174&w=2
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-058.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-074.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1276
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1276

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Itcorp Ispell

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:07.115Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1276

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-21T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1276

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2001-06-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2001-1276 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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