CVE-2000-1137 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU ed before version 0.2-18.1. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files belonging to other users on the system. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.16trCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.16tr:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.18.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ed:2.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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