CVE-2006-6939
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6922)
- Published
- January 17, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6922 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / ed
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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