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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: Jan 11, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-0055
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
freebsd / freebsd 5.4-releng 5.4-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.3-release 5.3-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.1-releng 5.1-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.3 5.3.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.1-release_p5 5.1-release_p5.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.2.1-releng 5.2.1-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.0-release_p14 5.0-release_p14.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.1-release 5.1-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.0-releng 5.0-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.1-alpha 5.1-alpha.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.10-releng 4.10-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.11-releng 4.11-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.10-release 4.10-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.1 5.1.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.2 5.2.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.11-release_p3 4.11-release_p3.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.10-release_p8 4.10-release_p8.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.4-pre-release 5.4-pre-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 6.0-release 6.0-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.10 4.10.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.4-release 5.4-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.0-alpha 5.0-alpha.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.2.1-release 5.2.1-release.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.0 5.0.x
freebsd / freebsd 6.0-stable 6.0-stable.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.3-stable 5.3-stable.x
freebsd / freebsd 5.3-releng 5.3-releng.x
freebsd / freebsd 4.11-stable 4.11-stable.x