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CVE-2006-0055

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2006-01-11 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

Affected Platforms

Freebsd Freebsd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References