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CVE-2001-0556

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.

Affected products

• Nedit: through 5.1.1

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3
• http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3
• http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html

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