Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0906

Title: teTeX filter symlink attack on temporary files allows local privilege gain

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-0906

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 22, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 6.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.94%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

tetex 1

tug 1

Reference Links

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785 http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-030-01 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-086.php3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-102.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192647 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2974 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6785

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0906 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20990

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 22, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.