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Fencer Vulns
low 1.2

CVE-2001-1276 json

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

published 2001-06-21 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1257

cvss
1.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

ispell before 3.1.20 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2001-1276 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 5.2 Red Hat Linux 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2001:074

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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