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CVE-2001-0906

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-06-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

teTeX filter before 1.0.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files that are produced when printing .dvi files using lpr.

Affected products

• Tetex: through 1.0.7.7

References

• http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785
• http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785

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