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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published: 2006-01-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-07-19T15:57:01

Reserved: 2005-12-30T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2006-0055

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-01-11T21:03:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-20T01:29:27.643


Link: CVE-2006-0055

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