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CVE-2006-0055

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

Published

2006-01-11T21:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.10 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.10 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.10 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.10 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.11 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.11 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.11 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 6.0 Yes
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