CVE-2001-0887 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in xSANE versions 0.81 and earlier, allowing a local attacker to modify files belonging to other xSANE users by manipulating temporary files. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a low severity due to requiring local access and high attack complexity, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oliver_rauch:xsane:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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