FKIE_CVE-2006-6939
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-01-17 00:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:34
Severity
Summary
GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.
References
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