The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.
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EUVD-2001-0548 | The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.564Z
Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2001-0556

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-08-22T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2001-0556


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