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CVE-2006-0055

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2006-01-27	ee -- temporary file privilege escalation

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CVE-2006-0055 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2006-0055
Phase	Assigned(20051230)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
FREEBSD	FreeBSD-SA-06:02
BID	16207
OSVDB	22320
SECTRACK	1015469
SECUNIA	18404
XF	ee-ispell-op-symlink(24074)