Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 17, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-6939
CVE-2006-6939
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
13- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449nvd
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450nvd
- freshmeat.net/projects/ed/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23832nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23848nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23857nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24054nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129nvd
- www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962nvd
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