CVE-2001-0556

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.52%

Published

Aug 22, 2001

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

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.

Affected Products (1)

nedit · neditvulnerable

References (14)

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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