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CVE-2001-0906

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

2001-06-22T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tetex	tetex	≤ 1.0.7.7	Yes

References

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 ([email protected])
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785 ([email protected])
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)