CVE-2001-1593
Estado: ModificadaBaja (2.1)—
The tempname_ensure function in lib/routines.h in a2ps 4.14 and earlier, as used by the spy_user function and possibly other functions, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Puntuación base: 2.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/a2ps.git/plain/a2ps-4.13-security.patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/237
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/253
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/257
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2892
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737385
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060630
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