CVE-2001-0906
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.
Published:Jun 22, 2001
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jun 25, 2002
EPSS Score:0.00218
CVSS Score:6.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Linux
Redhat
Linux
Vendor
Tetex
Product
Tetex
Tetex
Tetex
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
