VDB
CVE-2001-1593
CVE-2001-1593
REJECTED
Jakub Wilk found that a2ps, a tool to convert text and other types of files to PostScript, insecurely used a temporary file in spy_user(). A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running a2ps.
EPSS 0.40% · 31.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.40%
31.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | a2ps | 1:4.14-1.1, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 5, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 22, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2001-1593 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1593 third-party-advisory