VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-0055

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-01-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Primary references