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CVE-2006-0055

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
11/01/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:release_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*

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