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CVE-2001-0906
teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.95%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.95% · top 39% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20010622 LPRng + tetex tmpfile race - uid lp exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- tetex-lprng-tmp-race(6785) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- IMNX-2001-70-030-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001:086 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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